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Wanty vs Wants - What's the difference?

wanty | wants |

As nouns the difference between wanty and wants

is that wanty is a girth or belly-band for a horse's harness while wants is plural of lang=en.

As an adjective wanty

is possessing or indicating lack; deficient.

As a verb wants is

third-person singular of want.

wanty

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) waynte, equivalent to .

Alternative forms

* (l), (l) * (l), (l) (Scotland)

Noun

(wanties)
  • (UK, dialectal) A girth or belly-band for a horse's harness.
  • (UK, dialect) A surcingle, or strap of leather, used for binding a load upon the back of an animal.
  • (UK, dialect) A leather tie; a short wagon rope.
  • (UK, dialectal) A stretch of fishing-lines shot in the water.

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (UK, dialectal) Possessing or indicating lack; deficient.
    • (Webster 1913)

    wants

    English

    Noun

    (head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (want)

    • Anagrams

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