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Wantish vs Wontish - What's the difference?

wantish | wontish |

As adjectives the difference between wantish and wontish

is that wantish is of or suggesting lack or want; meagre; lean; lacking while wontish is of or suggestive of a wont; customary; usual; habitual.

wantish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or suggesting lack or want; meagre; lean; lacking.
    • wantish flesh
  • Suggesting or pertaining to wants or desires; desirous.
    • She's wantish and never satisfied.

    wontish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or suggestive of a wont; customary; usual; habitual.
  • *1999 , Gilbert Sorrentino, Crystal Vision :
    • He garbs himself in raiments and costumes that make him appear to the naked eyes to be somebody else. The press, in its wontish way, goes wild.

    Synonyms

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