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Wilt vs Jilt - What's the difference?

wilt | jilt |

In lang=en terms the difference between wilt and jilt

is that wilt is to cause to fatigue; to exhaust while jilt is to cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love.

As verbs the difference between wilt and jilt

is that wilt is to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower) or wilt can be while jilt is to cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love.

As nouns the difference between wilt and jilt

is that wilt is the act of wilting or the state of being wilted while jilt is a woman who jilts a lover.

wilt

English

Etymology 1

Recorded since 1691, probably an alteration of welk, itself from (etyl) welken, presumed from (etyl) (preserved in modern inchoative verwelken) or (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)
  • To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower).
  • To fatigue; to lose strength.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 27 , author=Alistair Magowan , title=Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Man City , work=BBC Sport citation , passage=Not only were Jupp Heynckes' team pacey in attack but they were relentless in their pursuit of the ball once they had lost it, and as the game wore on they merely increased their dominance as City wilted in the Allianz Arena.}}
  • To cause to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a flower).
  • To cause to fatigue; to exhaust.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.
  • Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting.

    • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • * Bible, Psalms
    • If thou triest my heart, if thou visitest me by night, if thou testest me, thou wilt find no wickedness in me.
    English auxiliary verb forms English ergative verbs English irregular second-person singular forms ----

    jilt

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A woman who jilts a lover.
    • (Otway)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love.
  • * (John Locke) (1632-1705)
    • Tell a man passionately in love, that he is jilted ; bring a score of witnesses of the falsehood of his mistress, it is ten to one but three kind words of hers shall invalidate all their testimonies.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.}}