Yielder vs Wielder - What's the difference?
yielder | wielder |
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=
, 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=
, 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=
, 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. }}
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
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