Wester vs Welter - What's the difference?
wester | welter |
To move towards the west
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* 1936 , , More Poems , XI, line 1-2
general confusion; disorderly mixture; aimless effort; as, a welter of papers and magazines
to roll; to wallow
(intransitive, sometimes, figurative) to be soaked or steeped in.
* Latimer
* Spenser
* Landor
To rise and fall, as waves; to tumble over, as billows.
* Milton
* Wordsworth
* Trench
Of horsemen, heavyweight; as, a welter race.
To wither; to wilt.
* I. Taylor
As nouns the difference between wester and welter
is that wester is a strong westerly wind while welter is general confusion; disorderly mixture; aimless effort; as, a welter of papers and magazines.As verbs the difference between wester and welter
is that wester is to move towards the west while welter is to roll; to wallow.As an adjective welter is
of horsemen, heavyweight; as, a welter race.wester
English
Verb
(en verb)- The rainy Pleiads wester ,
- Orion plunges prone,
Derived terms
* westeringUsage notes
*Used especially of heavenly bodieswelter
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl). Cognates include (etyl) (m) ((etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- When we welter in pleasures and idleness, then we eat and drink with drunkards.
- These wizards welter in wealth's waves.
- the priests at the altar weltering in their blood
- the weltering waves
- waves that, hardly weltering , die away
- through this blindly weltering sea
Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 2
Adjective
Derived terms
* welter-weightEtymology 3
Compare wilt (intransitive verb).Verb
(en verb)- Weltered hearts and blighted memories.