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wait

Wait vs Gait - What's the difference?

wait | gait |


As an adjective wait

is far.

As an adverb wait

is far.

As a noun gait is

manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.

As a verb gait is

to teach a specific gait to a horse.

Wait vs Waif - What's the difference?

wait | waif |


In obsolete terms the difference between wait and waif

is that wait is one who watches; a watchman while waif is hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance.

As nouns the difference between wait and waif

is that wait is a delay while waif is goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice.

As a verb wait

is to delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by "wait for"..

Whit vs Wait - What's the difference?

whit | wait |


As a noun whit

is the season of whitsuntide.

As an adjective wait is

far.

As an adverb wait is

far.

Wail vs Wait - What's the difference?

wail | wait |


As a noun wail

is a prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish.

As a verb wail

is to cry out, as in sorrow or anguish or wail can be (obsolete) to choose; to select.

As an adjective wait is

far.

As an adverb wait is

far.

Wait vs Wai - What's the difference?

wait | wai |


As nouns the difference between wait and wai

is that wait is a delay while wai is a Thai greeting wherein the palms are brought together in front of the face or chest, sometimes accompanied with a bow.

As a verb wait

is to delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by "wait for"..

As an adverb wai is

why a purposeful misspelling.

As a conjunction wai is

why a purposeful misspelling.

Wait vs Ait - What's the difference?

wait | ait |


As nouns the difference between wait and ait

is that wait is a delay while ait is an island in a river, especially the River Thames in England.

As a verb wait

is to delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by "wait for"..

Waft vs Wait - What's the difference?

waft | wait |


As a verb waft

is (ergative) to (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.

As a noun waft

is a light breeze.

As an adjective wait is

far.

As an adverb wait is

far.

Wait vs Tait - What's the difference?

wait | tait |


As nouns the difference between wait and tait

is that wait is a delay while tait is the honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus).

As a verb wait

is to delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by "wait for"..

Waid vs Wait - What's the difference?

waid | wait |


In obsolete terms the difference between waid and wait

is that waid is oppressed with weight; crushed; weighed down while wait is one who watches; a watchman.

As an adjective waid

is oppressed with weight; crushed; weighed down.

As a verb wait is

to delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by "wait for"..

As a noun wait is

a delay.

Nait vs Wait - What's the difference?

nait | wait |


As a noun nait

is (pathology) a too-low number of platelets in a newborn's blood, due to his mother's antibodies having been passed via the placenta and attacking his own platelets.

As an adjective wait is

far.

As an adverb wait is

far.

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