knew |
wist |
As verbs the difference between knew and wist
is that
knew is (
know) while
wist is (archaic) (
wit) or
wist can be (nonstandard|pseudo-archaic) to know, be aware of.
wist |
was |
As verbs the difference between wist and was
is that
wist is past tense of wit while
was is form of First-person singular simple past tense indicative|be|lang=en.
wist |
|
wist |
regret |
As verbs the difference between wist and regret
is that
wist is (archaic) (
wit) or
wist can be (nonstandard|pseudo-archaic) to know, be aware of while
regret is to feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.
As a noun regret is
emotional pain on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing.
fog |
wist |
As verbs the difference between fog and wist
is that
fog is to become covered with or as if with fog while
wist is past tense of wit.
As a noun fog
is a thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.
wist |
wast |
In archaic terms the difference between wist and wast
is that
wist is past tense of wit while
wast is second-person singular past of lang=en.
wist |
wilt |
As verbs the difference between wist and wilt
is that
wist is past tense of wit 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.
wist |
wis |
As verbs the difference between wist and wis
is that
wist is (archaic) (
wit) or
wist can be (nonstandard|pseudo-archaic) to know, be aware of while
wis is (obsolete|or|archaic) to know.
As an adverb wis is
(rare|obsolete|or|dialectal) certainly, surely.
As an adjective wis is
(rare|obsolete|or|dialectal) certain.
sist |
wist |
As verbs the difference between sist and wist
is that
sist is to stay e.g. judicial proceedings; to delay or suspend; to stop while
wist is past tense of wit.
As a noun sist
is a stay or suspension of proceedings.
gist |
wist |
As verbs the difference between gist and wist
is that
gist is to summarize, to extract and present the most important parts of while
wist is past tense of wit.
As a noun gist
is the most essential part; the main idea or substance (of a longer or more complicated matter); the crux of a matter.
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