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Risp vs Wisp - What's the difference?

risp | wisp |

As verbs the difference between risp and wisp

is that risp is to rub together, to rasp or grate while wisp is to brush or dress, as with a wisp.

As a noun wisp is

a small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.

risp

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • to rub together, to rasp or grate
  • * 1974 , Guy Davenport, Tatlin! :
    • that Greek waste silent but for the risp of the tettix and the wash of listless wind through the spare grass.

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    wisp

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.
    • A wisp of smoke rose from the candle for a few moments after he blew it out.
    A wisp of hair escaped her barrette and whipped wildly in the wind.
  • * Dryden
    • in a small basket, on a wisp of hay
  • A whisk, or small broom.
  • A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus.
  • * Tennyson
    • the wisp that flickers where no foot can tread

    Derived terms

    * will o' the wisp

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To brush or dress, as with a wisp.
  • (UK, dialect) To rumple.
    • (Halliwell)