Difference between Swither and Stew

What is the difference between Swither and Stew?

Swither as a verb is (scots and dialects) to be indecisive or in a state of confusion; to dither. while Stew as a verb is to cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.

Swither

Part of speech: verb

Definition: (Scots and dialects) To be indecisive or in a state of confusion; to dither.

Stew

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.To be in a state of elevated anxiety or consideration.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.A brothel.A dish cooked by stewing.A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating.

Example sentence: I travel the world, and I'm happy to say that America is still the great melting pot - maybe a chunky stew rather than a melting pot at this point, but you know what I mean.

We hope you now know whether to use Swither or Stew in your sentence.

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