Gilt vs Guilt in Bhabhi Ji ghar pe hain style

Gilt vs Guilt

Gilt means covered with thin layer of gold; whereas, Guilt means fact/condition/blame/feeling of having done wrong.

Gilt

Gilt refers to something covered in gold, whether gold leaf or gold paint. Gilt means gilded. Gilt may be used as an adjective or noun.

"His gilt watch shone in the sun."

"The paintings are in gilt frames."

"It wasn’t solid gold. It was just gilt."

Gilt may also refer to a young female pig, or gilts, fixed-interest loan securities secured by the British government.

Guilt

Guilt is the fact of being responsible for wrongdoing or the feeling of being responsible for wrongdoing or failing at some responsibility.

Guilt is primarily used as a noun, though guilt as a verb has been gaining favor since the 1990s. Guilt comes from the Old English word 'gylt', meaning 'crime, sin, moral defect, failure of duty'.

"The boy confessed his guilt."

"Confess your guilt and I will forgive you."

"The police established his guilt beyond all doubts."

"Guilt was written all over his face."

"Most sociopathic murderers feel no guilt for their crimes."

Note: 'Guilty' the adjective form of 'guilt' is more commonly used, especially in the idiom: "Guilty concessions pricks the mind." to mean a person who has done something bad has that feeling in him, though he/she has not admitted it openly, feels very sorry or fear of that deed.

Just for fun: "She was overcome with guilt when she knocked her friend’s gilt-framed oil painting off the wall."

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