Adrift vs Waft - What's the difference?
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Floating at random.
(of a seaman) Absent from his watch.
Behind one's opponents, or below a required threshold in terms of score, number or position.
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(ergative) To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.
* A breeze came in through the open window and wafted her sensuous perfume into my eager nostrils.
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To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
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To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.
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A light breeze.
Something (a scent or odor), such as a perfume, that is carried through the air.
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(nautical) A flag, (also called a waif or wheft), used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal.
As an adjective adrift
is floating at random.As an adverb adrift
is in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.As a verb waft is
(ergative) to (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.As a noun waft is
a light breeze.adrift
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- So on the sea shall be set adrift . --Dryden.
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waft
English
Verb
(en verb)- Through the open window of the church the fragrant incense was wafted and with it the fragrant names of her who was conceived without stain of original sin…
- There the moist breath of the western wind wafted her over the waves of the loud-moaning sea in soft foam, and there the gold-filleted Hours welcomed her joyously.
- And now the shouts waft near the citadel.
- But soft: who wafts us yonder?
Noun
(en noun)- Meanwhile, the wafts from his old home pleaded, whispered, conjured, and finally claimed him imperiously.
- Patrol Magazine says of this Oxford, Miss., band: "Guitars are responsible for every noise in Colour Revolt's mix—not a single note of piano, waft of synthesizer, or evidence of electronic tampering are to be found."
