Wiled vs Oiled - What's the difference?
wiled | oiled |
(wile)
(usually, in the plural) A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice
* Milton
To entice or lure
, "to pass the time".
Simple past and past participle of oil.
Of a machine, supplied with oil so as to allow smooth operation.
(slang) drunk. Usually in conjunction with well.
* I got well oiled last night.
As verbs the difference between wiled and oiled
is that wiled is (wile) while oiled is simple past and past participle of oil .As an adjective oiled is
of a machine, supplied with oil so as to allow smooth operation.wiled
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
* *wile
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(Webster 1913)Noun
(en noun)- He was seduced by her wiles .
- to frustrate all our plots and wiles
Synonyms
* beguilement * allurementVerb
(wil)- Here's a pleasant way to wile away the hours.
Usage notes
The phrase meaning to pass time idly is while away''. We can trace the meaning in an adjectival sense for while back to Old English, hw?len — ''passing, transitory''. We also see it in the whilend — ''temporary, transitory''. But since ''wile away occurs so often, it is now included in many dictionaries.References
* Grammarist.comWhile away or wile away?* Common Errors in the English Language
Wile Away, While Away----