Difference between Wallow and Welter

What is the difference between Wallow and Welter?

Wallow as an adjective is tasteless, flat. while Welter as an adjective is of horsemen, heavyweight; as, a welter race.

Wallow

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Tasteless, flat.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To roll one's self about, as in mire; to tumble and roll about; to move lazily or heavily in any medium; to flounder; as, swine wallow in the mire. To immerse oneself in, to occupy oneself with, metaphorically. To roll; especially, to roll in anything defiling or unclean, as a hog might do to dust its body to relieve the distress of insect biting or cool its body with mud. To live in filth or gross vice; to disport one's self in a beastly and unworthy manner. To wither; to fade.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An instance of wallowing. A pool of water or mud in which animals wallow. A kind of rolling walk.

Example sentence: Pigs prefer to wallow in clean mud, but if nothing else is available, they will frequently wallow in their own urine, giving rise to the notion that they are dirty animals.

Welter

Part of speech: noun

Definition: general confusion; disorderly mixture; aimless effort; as, a welter of papers and magazines

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to roll; to wallowto be soaked or steeped in; as, to welter in one’s own blood

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of horsemen, heavyweight; as, a welter race.

We hope you now know whether to use Wallow or Welter in your sentence.

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