Tilt vs Wilt - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between tilt and wilt

is that tilt is to cover with a tilt, or awning while wilt is to cause to fatigue; to exhaust.

As verbs the difference between tilt and wilt

is that tilt is to slope or incline (something); to slant or tilt can be to cover with a tilt, or awning while wilt is to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower) or wilt can be .

As nouns the difference between tilt and wilt

is that tilt is a slope or inclination (uncountable) or tilt can be a canvas covering for carts, boats, etc while wilt is the act of wilting or the state of being wilted.

tilt

English

(wikipedia tilt)

Etymology 1

Old English tyltan'' "to be unsteady"; Middle English ''tilte . Cognate with Icelandic . The nominal sense of "a joust" appears around 1510, presumably derived from the barrier which separated the combatants, which suggests connection with . The modern transitive meaning is from 1590, the intransitive use appears 1620.

Verb

(en verb)

To slope or incline (something); to slant

Tilt the barrel to pour out its contents.

(jousting ) To charge (at someone) with a lance

* William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet act III, scene I

He tilts / With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast.

* Tennyson

But in this tournament can no man tilt .

To be at an angle

* Grew

The trunk of the body is kept from tilting forward by the muscles of the back.

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To point or thrust a weapon at.

(Beaumont and Fletcher)

* 1819 , , Otho the Great , Act V, Scene V, verses 52-54

I say I quarrell’d with you;

We did not tilt each other, — that’s a blessing, —

Good gods! no innocent blood upon my head!

To point or thrust (a weapon).

* J. Philips

Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance.

To forge (something) with a tilt hammer.

to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile

(poker) To play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck).

(photography) To move a camera vertically in a controlled way.

Synonyms

* slope * incline * slant

Coordinate terms

* (photography) pan, cant

Noun

(en noun)

a slope or inclination (uncountable)

a jousting contest (countable)

A thrust, as with a lance.

(Addison)

(photography) the controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this

an attempt at something, such as a tilt at public office .

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tilt hammer

The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) telt, from (etyl) ). More at (l).

Noun

(en noun)

A canvas covering for carts, boats, etc.

Any covering overhead; especially, a tent.

(Denham)

Verb

(en verb)

To cover with a tilt, or awning.

Derived terms

* at full tilt * atilt * on tilt

References

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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.

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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.

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