Tired vs Wan - What's the difference?
tired | wan |
(tire)
In need of some rest or sleep.
Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.
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Pale, sickly-looking.
* Spenser
* Longfellow
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Dim, faint.
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Bland, uninterested.
The quality of being wan; wanness.
* Tennyson
(obsolete) (win)
As verbs the difference between tired and wan
is that tired is past tense of tire while wan is past tense of win.As adjectives the difference between tired and wan
is that tired is in need of some rest or sleep while wan is pale, sickly-looking.As a noun wan is
the quality of being wan; wanness.tired
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en-adj)- I'm tired of this
- a tired song
Usage notes
* Adverbs often applied to "tired": physically, mentally, emotionally.Synonyms
* exhausted * fatigued * sleepy * See also * See alsoSee also
* I am tired * sick and tired * that tired feelingAnagrams
*wan
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Adjective
(wanner)- Sad to view, his visage pale and wan .
- the wan moon overhead
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- A wan expression
Noun
(-)- Tinged with wan from lack of sleep.