Sift vs Sifu - What's the difference?
sift | sifu |
To sieve or strain (something).
To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving.
To examine (something) carefully.
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 28.
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A pair of Cantonese terms, homophones, used in English to mean "master" or "teacher" in the context of martial arts, especially kung fu and tai chi, also used to denote "spiritual father" in esoteric uses.
As a verb sift
is to sieve or strain (something).As a noun sifu is
a pair of cantonese terms, homophones, used in english to mean "master" or "teacher" in the context of martial arts, especially kung fu and tai chi, also used to denote "spiritual father" in esoteric uses.sift
English
Verb
- But if we still carry on our sifting humour, and ask, What is the foundation of all conclusions from experience ? this implies a new question.
- It immediately occurred to him to sift her on the subject of Isabella and Theodore.