Vamp vs. Welt — What's the Difference?

The upper part of a boot or shoe covering the instep and sometimes extending over the toe.

A leather rim sewn round the edge of a shoe upper to which the sole is attached.

Something patched up or refurbished.

A red, raised mark or scar; a weal.

Something rehashed, as a book based on old material.

A heavy blow

(Music) One or more bars of music repeated indefinitely as an accompaniment.

Provide with a welt.

A woman who aggressively seduces men, sometimes to exploit or manipulate them.

Strike (someone or something) hard and heavily

A vampire.

Develop a raised scar or weal

To provide (a shoe) with a new vamp.

A strip, as of leather or other material, stitched into a shoe between the sole and the upper.

To patch up (something old); refurbish.

A tape or covered cord sewn into a seam as reinforcement or trimming.

To put together; fabricate or improvise

A ridge or bump on the skin caused by a lash or blow or sometimes by an allergic reaction.

To play (a vamp).

A lash or blow producing such a mark.

To improvise (a melody) over a vamp.

To reinforce or trim with a welt.

To play a vamp.

To beat severely; flog.

To improvise over a vamp.

To raise welts or a welt on.

To seduce or exploit (someone) in the manner of a vamp.

To roll; revolve

To behave like a vamp.

To cause to have welts; to beat.

The top part of a boot or shoe, above the sole and welt and in front of the ankle seam, that covers the instep and toes; the front part of an upper; the analogous part of a stocking.

To install welt (a welt or welts) to reinforce.

Something added to give an old thing a new appearance.

A ridge or lump on the skin, as caused by a blow.

Something patched up, pieced together, improvised, or refurbished.

(shoemaking) A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.

(music) A repeated and often improvised accompaniment, usually consisting of one or two measures, often a single chord or simple chord progression, repeated as necessary, for example, to accommodate dialogue or to anticipate the entrance of a soloist.

A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.

(by extension) An activity or speech intended to fill or stall for time.

In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.

A flirtatious, seductive woman, especially one who exploits men by using their sexual desire for her.

In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.

(informal) A vampire.

In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.

A volunteer firefighter.

(heraldry) A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.

(transitive) To patch, repair, or refurbish.

A feature resembling a welt.

(transitive) Often as vamp up: to fabricate or put together (something) from existing material, or by adding new material to something existing.

That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it

(transitive) To cobble together, to extemporize, to improvise.

A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.

To perform a waiting]] for a soloist to be ready.

A raised ridge on the surface of the skin, produced by a blow, as from a stick or whip; a wale; a weal; as, to raise welts on the back with a whip.

To attach a vamp (to footwear).

A blow that produces a welt{3}.

To travel by foot; to walk.

To furnish with a welt; to sew or fasten a welt on; as, to welt a boot or a shoe; to welt a sleeve.

(intransitive) To delay or stall for time, as for an audience.

To wilt.

To seduce or exploit someone.

A raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions

To turn into a vampire.

A raised or strengthened seam

To advance; to travel.

Beat severely with a whip or rod;

To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to patch; - often followed by up.

Put a welt on;

To create with little skill; to concoct; to invent; - usually with up; as, he vamped up an implausible excuse.

To seduce (a man) sexually for purpose of exploitation.

The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in front of the ankle seam; an upper.

A usually improvized Jazz accompaniment, consisting of simple chords in sucession.

A woman who seduces men with her charm and wiles, in order to exploit them.

A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

An improvised musical accompaniment

Piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a shoe

Make up;

Piece (something old) with a new part;

Act seductively with (someone)

Provide (a shoe) with a new vamp;