different between swath vs scath

English

Alternative forms

• swathe

Etymology

From Middle English swath, swathe, from Old English swæþ, swaþu (“track; trace; footstep; mark; vestige; scar”), from Proto-Germanic *swaþ? (“a wind-swept place; open field; borderland; terrain”), from Proto-Indo-European *swem(b?)- (“to bend, turn, swing”).

Cognate with Dutch zwade, zwad (“swath; windrow”), German Schwade (“swath; windrow”), Icelandic svæði (“area; zone; sector; region”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sw??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /sw??/, /sw??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

swath (plural swaths)

1. The track cut out by a scythe in mowing.
2. (often figuratively) A broad sweep or expanse, such as of land or of people.

Derived terms

• cut a wide swath

Translations

References

Anagrams

• HAWTs, hawts, thaws, washt, waths, what's, whats

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English swaþu.

Noun

swath

1. Alternative form of swathe (“swath”)

Etymology 2

From Old English *swaþian.

Verb

swath

1. Alternative form of swathen

English

Alternative forms

• scathe, scaith, schath, schathe, schaith (Scotland)

Etymology

Variant of scathe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skæ?/, /sk???/
• Rhymes: -æ?, -???

Noun

scath (countable and uncountable, plural scaths)

1. (Britain dialectal, archaic) Alternative form of scathe (“harm; damage”)
   • c. 1847, Lydia H. Sigourney, Advertisement of a Lost Day

     Scath and loss / That man can ne'er repair.

   • 1827, Mary Howitt, The Desolation of Eyam

     He buried in his heart all sense of scath.

Verb

scath (third-person singular simple present scaths, present participle scathing, simple past and past participle scathed)

1. Archaic form of scathe.

Anagrams

• Chats, Satch, Stach, caths, chast, chats, tachs