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Welter vs Welder - What's the difference?

welter | welder |

As nouns the difference between welter and welder

is that welter is welter (boxing class) while welder is one who welds, or unites pieces of iron, etc, by welding.

welter

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl). Cognates include (etyl) (m) ((etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • general confusion; disorderly mixture; aimless effort; as, a welter of papers and magazines

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to roll; to wallow
  • (intransitive, sometimes, figurative) to be soaked or steeped in.
  • * Latimer
    • When we welter in pleasures and idleness, then we eat and drink with drunkards.
  • * Spenser
    • These wizards welter in wealth's waves.
  • * Landor
    • the priests at the altar weltering in their blood
  • To rise and fall, as waves; to tumble over, as billows.
  • * Milton
    • the weltering waves
  • * Wordsworth
    • waves that, hardly weltering , die away
  • * Trench
    • through this blindly weltering sea
    Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

  • Of horsemen, heavyweight; as, a welter race.
    • Derived terms
    * welter-weight

    Etymology 3

    Compare wilt (intransitive verb).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To wither; to wilt.
  • * I. Taylor
    • Weltered hearts and blighted memories.
    English terms with multiple etymologies ----

    welder

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who welds, or unites pieces of iron, etc., by welding.
  • One who welds, or wields.
  • A manager; an actual occupant.
  • An item of equipment for welding with: an electric welder.

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