Wields vs Yields - What's the difference?
wields | yields |
(wield)
(label) To command, rule over; to possess or own.
*, Bk.V, Ch.7:
*:There was never kyng sauff myselff that welded evir such knyghtes.
(label) To control, to guide or manage.
*1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.10:
*:With such his chearefull speaches he doth wield / Her mind so well, that to his will she bends.
To handle with skill and ease, especially of a weapon or tool.
To exercise (authority or influence) effectively.
Either a measure of output or an act of permitting another to get past.
(yield)
As verbs the difference between wields and yields
is that wields is third-person singular of wield while yields is third-person singular of yield.As a noun yields is
plural of lang=en Either a measure of output or an act of permitting another to get past.wields
English
Verb
(head)wield
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Verb
(en verb)Anagrams
* * English terms with homophones ----yields
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Noun
(head)- The agricultural yields were lower this year.