different between inkwell vs indwell

English

Etymology

ink +? well

Noun

inkwell (plural inkwells)

1. A container for ink, designed and usually positioned so that a person may conveniently dip a pen into it whenever a refill is needed.
   • 2011, Alan Bennett, "Baffled at a Bookcase", London Review of Books, XXXIII.15:

     The reference library itself proclaimed the substance of the city with its solid elbow chairs and long mahogany tables, grooved along the edge to hold a pen, and in the centre of each table a massive pewter inkwell.

Derived terms

• dip one's pen in someone's inkwell

Translations

See also

• fountain pen
• ink
• inkpot
• inkstand
• quill

English

Etymology

From in- +? dwell.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?dw?l/

Verb

indwell (third-person singular simple present indwells, present participle indwelling, simple past and past participle indwelled or indwelt)

1. To exist within, especially as a spirit or driving force.
   • 1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity^[1]:

     The Holy Ghost became a dove, not as a symbol, but as a constantly indwelt form.

   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 224:

     Diodore and Theodore were particularly galvanized to defend their point of view by their horror at Apollinaris's assertion that Christ was indwelled by the Logos, which replaced a human mind in him.

Derived terms

• indwelling

Anagrams

• Dwinell, Willden