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Arist vs Wrist - What's the difference?

arist | wrist |

As nouns the difference between arist and wrist

is that arist is a rising, as from a seat, a bed, or the ground, or from below the horizon while wrist is the complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.

arist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A rising, as from a seat, a bed, or the ground, or from below the horizon.
  • Anagrams

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    wrist

    English

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.
  • (engineering) A stud or pin which forms a journal.
  • Derived terms

    * wristwatch, wrist watch * limp-wristed * wrist-action

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    See also

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