Wield vs. Yield

Wieldverb

(obsolete) To command, rule over; to possess or own.

Wieldverb

(obsolete) To control, to guide or manage.

Wieldverb

To handle with skill and ease, especially a weapon or tool.

Wieldverb

To exercise (authority or influence) effectively.

Wieldverb

To govern; to rule; to keep, or have in charge; also, to possess.

Wieldverb

To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway.

Wieldverb

To use with full command or power, as a thing not too heavy for the holder; to manage; to handle; hence, to use or employ; as, to wield a sword; to wield the scepter.

Wieldverb

of power or authority

Wieldverb

handle effectively;

Wield

Wield is a civil parish in Hampshire, England, within the district of East Hampshire. It includes two neighbouring villages, Upper Wield and Lower Wield.

Yieldverb

(obsolete) To pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.

Yieldverb

To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.

Yieldverb

To give way; to allow another to pass first.

Yieldverb

To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate.

Yieldverb

To give, or give forth, (anything).

Yieldverb

(intransitive) To give way; to succumb to a force.

Yieldverb

To produce as return, as from an investment.

Yieldverb

(mathematics) To produce as a result.

Yieldverb

(linguistics) To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law.

Yieldverb

To pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation.

Yieldverb

(rare) To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.

Yieldnoun

(obsolete) Payment; tribute.

Yieldnoun

A product; the quantity of something produced.

Yieldnoun

(law) The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.

Yieldnoun

(finance) Profit earned from an investment; return on investment.

Yieldverb

To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or seven per cent.

Yieldverb

To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.

Yieldverb

To give up, as something that is claimed or demanded; to make over to one who has a claim or right; to resign; to surrender; to relinquish; as a city, an opinion, etc.

Yieldverb

To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.

Yieldverb

To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage.

Yieldverb

To give a reward to; to bless.

Yieldverb

To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.

Yieldverb

To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request.

Yieldverb

To give way; to cease opposition; to be no longer a hindrance or an obstacle; as, men readily yield to the current of opinion, or to customs; the door yielded.

Yieldverb

To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing.

Yieldnoun

Amount yielded; product; - applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation.

Yieldnoun

production of a certain amount

Yieldnoun

an amount of a product

Yieldnoun

the income arising from land or other property;

Yieldnoun

the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time);

Yieldverb

be the cause or source of;

Yieldverb

end resistance, especially under pressure or force;

Yieldverb

give or supply;

Yieldverb

give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

Yieldverb

give in, as to influence or pressure

Yieldverb

move in order to make room for someone for something;

Yieldverb

bring about;

Yieldverb

be willing to concede;

Yieldverb

be fatally overwhelmed

Yieldverb

bring in;

Yieldverb

be flexible under stress of physical force;

Yieldverb

cease opposition; stop fighting

Yieldverb

consent reluctantly

Yieldverb

produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product)

Yieldverb

produce or generate (a result, gain, or financial return)

Yieldverb

give way to arguments, demands, or pressure

Yieldverb

relinquish possession of

Yieldverb

concede (a point of dispute)

Yieldverb

give right of way to other traffic.

Yieldverb

(of a mass or structure) give way under force or pressure

Yieldnoun

an amount produced of an agricultural or industrial product

Yieldnoun

a financial return