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Wai vs Wap - What's the difference?

wai | wap |

As nouns the difference between wai and wap

is that wai is a Thai greeting wherein the palms are brought together in front of the face or chest, sometimes accompanied with a bow while wap is a blow or beating; a whap.

As an adverb wai

is why a purposeful misspelling.

As a conjunction wai

is why a purposeful misspelling.

As an acronym WAP is

wireless Application Protocol, an open international standard for applications that use wireless communication, such as Internet access from a cellular phone.

As a verb wap is

to beat; to whap.

wai

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

(en noun)
  • A Thai greeting wherein the palms are brought together in front of the face or chest, sometimes accompanied with a bow.
  • Etymology 2

    Phonetic respelling of why.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (label) why (a purposeful misspelling)
  • Conjunction

    (en-conjunction)
  • (label) why (a purposeful misspelling)
  • Anagrams

    * * ---- ==Aka-Bea==

    Adverb

    (head)
  • indeed
  • References

    * Edward Horace Man, A Dictionary of the South Andaman (Aka-Bea) language (1923) ---- =='Are'are==

    Noun

    (head)
  • fresh water
  • Antonyms

    *

    References

    * Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary ----

    wap

    English

    Acronym

    (Acronym) (head)
  • Wireless]] Application [[protocol, Protocol, an open international standard for applications that use wireless communication, such as Internet access from a cellular phone.
  • Anagrams

    * * *