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Shrive vs Wilt - What's the difference?

shrive | wilt |

In transitive terms the difference between shrive and wilt

is that shrive is to prescribe penance or absolution while wilt is to cause to fatigue; to exhaust.

As verbs the difference between shrive and wilt

is that shrive is to hear or receive a confession (of sins etc. while wilt is to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower).

As a noun wilt is

the act of wilting or the state of being wilted.

shrive

English

Alternative forms

* shrieve (obsolete)

Verb

  • (transitive, and, intransitive) To hear or receive a confession (of sins etc.)
  • * Shakespeare
    • Doubtless he shrives this woman, / Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech.
  • * Longfellow
    • Till my guilty soul be shriven .
  • To prescribe penance or absolution.
  • (intransitive, or, reflexive) To confess, and receive absolution.
    • "Twas a good thought, boy, to come here and'' ''shrive ", - The Croppy Boy, trad Irish song.

    Derived terms

    * shrove * Shrovetide * Shrove Monday * Shrove Sunday * Shrove Tuesday

    Related terms

    * scribe * shrift

    Anagrams

    * English irregular verbs

    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.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 27 , author=Alistair Magowan , title=Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Man City , work=BBC Sport citation , passage=Not only were Jupp Heynckes' team pacey in attack but they were relentless in their pursuit of the ball once they had lost it, and as the game wore on they merely increased their dominance as City wilted in the Allianz Arena.}}
  • 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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