different between hoard vs wealth

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /h??d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /h??d/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ho(?)?d/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ho?d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d
• Homophones: horde, whored

Etymology 1

From Middle English hord, from Old English hord (“an accumulation of valuable objects cached for preservation or future use; treasure; hoard”), from Proto-Germanic *huzd? (“treasure; hoard”), from Proto-Indo-European *kusd?o-. Cognate with German Hort (“hoard; refuge”), Icelandic hodd (“treasure”), Latin custos (“guard; keeper”).

Noun

hoard (plural hoards)

1. A hidden supply or fund.

   a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money

2. (archaeology) A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove.

Translations

Verb

hoard (third-person singular simple present hoards, present participle hoarding, simple past and past participle hoarded)

1. To amass, usually for one's own private collection.

Synonyms

• engross, uphoard; see also Thesaurus:amass

Antonyms

• declutter

Translations

Related terms

• hoarder
• hoardy

Etymology 2

See hoarding.

Noun

hoard (plural hoards)

1. A hoarding (temporary structure used during construction).
2. A hoarding (billboard).

Etymology 3

Noun

hoard

1. Misspelling of horde.

See also

• Hoarding on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• hoard (archaeology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• horde

Anagrams

• Rhoad, Rhoda, hadro-

English

Alternative forms

• wealthe, welth, welthe (all obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English welth, welthe, weolthe (“happiness, prosperity”), from Old English *welþ, weleþu, from Proto-West Germanic *waliþu (“wealth”).

Alternatively, possibly an alteration (due to similar words in -th: compare helth (“health”), derth (“dearth”)) of wele (“wealth, well-being, weal”), from Old English wela (“wealth, prosperity”), from Proto-Germanic *walô (“well-being, prosperity”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“good, best”); equivalent to weal +? -th. Cognate with Dutch weelde (“wealth”), Low German weelde (“wealth”), Old High German welida, welitha (“wealth”). Related also to German Wohl (“welfare, well-being, weal”), Danish vel (“weal, welfare”), Swedish väl (“well-being, weal”). More at weal, well.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?l?/, [w?l??]
• Rhymes: -?l?

Noun

wealth (usually uncountable, plural wealths)

1. (economics) Riches; a great amount of valuable assets or material possessions.
2. A great amount; an abundance or plenty.
3. (obsolete) Prosperity; well-being; happiness.
   • c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act V scene i^[2]:

     I once did lend my body for his wealth, / Which, but for him that had your husband's ring, / Had quite miscarried: […]

   • Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:wealth

Derived terms

Translations

References

• wealth at OneLook Dictionary Search
• wealth in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• "wealth" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 331.
• wealth in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• wealth in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.