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Wae vs Wye - What's the difference?

wae | wye |

As a noun wae

is water.

As a proper noun wye is

a river of england and wales, the fifth-longest in the uk.

wae

English

Initialism

(Initialism) (head)
  • (telecommunications) Wireless Application Environment.
  • (computing) Web Application Extension.
  • (US, government) While actually employed.
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    wye

    English

    Alternative forms

    * wy

    Etymology 1

    Attested as wi'' c. 1200. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps cognate with Old French ''ui'' or ''gui.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A wye-shaped object: a wye-level, wye-connected. Especially a Y-shaped connection of three sections of road or railroad track.
  • By going around the wye, a train can change direction.
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    Etymology 2

    (etyl) wiga .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (poetic, obsolete) A warrior or fighter.
  • (poetic, obsolete) A hero; a man, person.
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