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Tired vs Wan - What's the difference?

tired | wan |

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)
  • (tire)

    • Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • In need of some rest or sleep.
  • Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.
    • I'm tired of this
  • Overused]], [[cliché.
    • a tired song

    Usage notes

    * Adverbs often applied to "tired": physically, mentally, emotionally.

    Synonyms

    * exhausted * fatigued * sleepy * See also * See also

    See also

    * I am tired * sick and tired * that tired feeling

    Anagrams

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    wan

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (wanner)
  • Pale, sickly-looking.
  • * Spenser
    • Sad to view, his visage pale and wan .
  • * Longfellow
    • the wan moon overhead
  • * {{quote-book
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  • Dim, faint.
  • * {{quote-book, passage=’twas so far away, that evil day when I prayed to the Prince of Gloom / For the savage strength and the sullen length of life to work his doom. / Nor sign nor word had I seen or heard, and it happed so long ago; / My youth was gone and my memory wan , and I willed it even so.
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  • Bland, uninterested.
    • A wan expression

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being wan; wanness.
  • * Tennyson
    • Tinged with wan from lack of sleep.

    Etymology 2

    Inflected forms.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) (win)

    • Anagrams

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