Difference between Hide and Fell

What is the difference between Hide and Fell?

Hide as a noun is the skin of an animal. while Fell as a noun is that portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down

Hide

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The skin of an animal. A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them. A medieval land measure equal to the amount of land that could sustain one free family; usually 100 acres. Forty hides equalled a barony.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight. To put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight.

Example sentence: I love fairy tales because of their haunting beauty and magical strangeness. They are set in worlds where anything can happen. Frogs can be kings, a thicket of brambles can hide a castle where a royal court has lain asleep for a hundred years, a boy can outwit a giant, and a girl can break a curse with nothing but her courage and steadfastness.

Fell

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: That portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched downAn animal skin, hideA rocky ridge or chain of mountains. (archaic or British English)A wild field or upland moor (archaic or British English)

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: fierce, savage (e.g., one fell swoop)(Scot) Pungent.Having an extremely cruel or irrational trait

Example sentence: I fell off my pink cloud with a thud.

We hope you now know whether to use Hide or Fell in your sentence.

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