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Yielder vs Wielder - What's the difference?

yielder | wielder |

As nouns the difference between yielder and wielder

is that yielder is someone or something that yields a crop or other product while wielder is a person who wields something, especially power.

yielder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone or something that yields a crop or other product
  • *{{quote-book, year=1903, author=Charles William Burkett et al., title=Agriculture for Beginners, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=Just as with the Irish potato, it is important to know how good a yielder you are planting. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1915, author=Australia Department of External Affairs, title=Wheat Growing in Australia, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=This variety is a very heavy yielder , has good drought-resistant qualities, and withstands wind and weather so well that it may be said to be storm-proof. }}
  • Someone or something that yields, or gives way
  • *{{quote-book, year=1909, author=Robert Fitzgerald, title=The Statesmen Snowbound, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=I am a modest man, sir, and hesitate to talk about myself even among friends; but since you all insist, there is nothing for me to do but yield as gracefully as I may--and as a yielder I glitter in the front rank. }}

    wielder

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who wields something, especially power
  • (obsolete) A manager