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West vs Welt - What's the difference?

west | welt |

As nouns the difference between west and welt

is that west is one of the four principal compass points, specifically 270°, conventionally directed to the left on maps; the direction of the setting sun at an equinox while welt is a raised mark on the body caused by a blow; a wheal or weal.

As verbs the difference between west and welt

is that west is to move to the west; (of the sun) to set while welt is to cause to have welts, to beat.

As an adjective west

is situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.

As an adverb west

is towards the west; westwards.

As a proper noun West

is the Western world; the regions, primarily situated in the Western Hemisphere, whose culture is derived from Europe.

west

English

(wikipedia west)

Noun

(-)
  • One of the four principal compass points, specifically 270°, conventionally directed to the left on maps; the direction of the setting sun at an equinox.
  • Derived terms

    * north-northwest * northwest * south-southwest * southwest * west by north * west by south * wester * westerly * western * westerner * westing * westward * westwardly * westwards

    Coordinate terms

    * (compass point) east, north, south

    Adjective

  • Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
  • (meteorology) Of wind: from the west.
  • Of or pertaining to the west; western.
  • From the West; occidental.
  • Adverb

    (-)
  • Towards the west; westwards.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To move to the west; (of the sun) to set.
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.prologue:
  • Foure times his place he shifted hath in sight, / And twice has risen, where he now doth West', / And ' wested twice, where he ought rise aright.

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    welt

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A raised mark on the body caused by a blow; a wheal or weal.
  • (shoemaking) A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.
  • A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.
  • In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
  • In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
  • In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
  • (heraldry) A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause to have welts, to beat.
  • To install welt (a welt or welts) to reinforce.