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grit | wilt |

As nouns the difference between grit and wilt

is that grit is (canada|politics) a member or supporter of the liberal party of canada or one of its provincial wings (except for the quebec provincial wing) while wilt is the act of wilting or the state of being wilted.

As an adjective grit

is (canada|politics) of or belonging to the liberal party of canada.

As a verb wilt is

to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower) or wilt can be .

grit

English

Etymology 1

With early modern vowel shortening, from (etyl) grete, griet, from (etyl) ‘lump’).

Noun

(-)
  • Collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, swarf from metalworking.
    • The flower beds were white with grit from sand blasting the flagstone walkways.
  • Inedible particles in food.
    • It tastes like grit from nutshells in these cookies.
  • Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage or fearlessness; fortitude.
    • That kid with the cast on his arm has the grit to play dodgeball.
  • A measure of relative coarseness of an abrasive material such as sandpaper.
    • I need a sheet of 100 grit sandpaper.
  • (geology) A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone. Also, to a finer sharp-grained sandstone, e.g. grindstone grit .
    • Derived terms
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    Related terms
    * * * sand, sandy, sandblasting
    See also
    * debris * mortar and pestle * swarf

    Verb

  • To clench, particularly in reaction to pain or anger; apparently only appears in gritting one's teeth .
    • We had no choice but to grit our teeth and get on with it.
    He has a sleeping disorder and grits his teeth.
  • To cover with grit .
  • To give forth a grating sound, like sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
  • * Goldsmith
    • The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread.
    Derived terms
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    Etymology 2

    (etyl) gryt ‘bran, chaff’, from (etyl) grytt, from (etyl) . See above.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (usually in plural) husked]] but unground [[oat, oats
  • (usually in plural) coarsely ground corn or hominy used as porridge
    • Related terms
    * *

    Anagrams

    * girt * trig

    wilt

    English

    Etymology 1

    Recorded since 1691, probably an alteration of welk, itself from (etyl) welken, presumed from (etyl) (preserved in modern inchoative verwelken) or (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower).
  • To fatigue; to lose strength.
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  • To cause to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a flower).
  • To cause to fatigue; to exhaust.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.
  • Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting.

    • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • * Bible, Psalms
    • If thou triest my heart, if thou visitest me by night, if thou testest me, thou wilt find no wickedness in me.
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