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Wields vs Yields - What's the difference?

wields | yields |

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)

  • wield

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (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.
  • yields

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • Either a measure of output or an act of permitting another to get past.
  • The agricultural yields were lower this year.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (yield)
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