different between wilt vs twilt

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?lt/
• Rhymes: -?lt

Etymology 1

Recorded since 1691, probably an alteration of welk, itself from Middle English welken, presumed from Middle Dutch (preserved in modern inchoative verwelken) or Middle Low German welken (“to wither”), cognate with Old High German irwelhen (“to become soft”).

Verb

wilt (third-person singular simple present wilts, present participle wilting, simple past and past participle wilted)

1. (intransitive) To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower).
2. (intransitive) To fatigue; to lose strength.
3. (transitive) To cause to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a flower).
4. (transitive) To cause to fatigue; to exhaust.

Translations

Noun

wilt (countable and uncountable, plural wilts)

1. The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.
2. (phytopathology) Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting.

Translations

Etymology 2

Verb

wilt

1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of will
   • 1952, Bible (Revised Standard Version), Psalms 17:3

     If thou triest my heart, if thou visitest me by night, if thou testest me, thou wilt find no wickedness in me.

Anagrams

• IWLT

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?lt
• IPA^(key): /??lt/
• Homophone: wild

Verb

wilt

1. second-person singular present indicative of willen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of willen

Middle Dutch

Verb

wilt

1. inflection of willen:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person plural present indicative
   3. plural imperative

English

Etymology

See quilt.

Noun

twilt (plural twilts)

1. (Britain, dialect) A quilt.

Verb

twilt (third-person singular simple present twilts, present participle twilting, simple past and past participle twilted)

1. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) To cross-stitch in quincunx fashion so as to connect two thicknesses together.