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Wan vs Ki - What's the difference?

wan | ki |

As nouns the difference between wan and ki

is that wan is the quality of being wan; wanness while kI is (sometimes called ch'i,) A term indicating intrinsic energy; usually associated with martial art - karate, judo, aikido, etc- practitioners who consider ki important to performing at the highest level.

As an adjective wan

is pale, sickly-looking.

As a verb wan

is past tense of win.

As a proper noun Ki is

name of the earth goddess in Sumerian mythology, the chief consort of Anu, the sky god.

As an abbreviation Ki is

kibi- (binary kilo-), as in KiB kibibyte (kilobyte.

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
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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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    ki

    English

    Noun

    (head) or'' ki''' ''or'' ' KY
  • (sometimes called ch'i,) A term indicating intrinsic energy; usually associated with martial art - karate, judo, aikido, etc- practitioners who consider ki important to performing at the highest level.

    • Anagrams

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