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Weariness vs Wary - What's the difference?

weariness | wary |

As a noun weariness

is exhaustion, fatigue or tiredness.

As an adjective wary is

cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.

weariness

English

Noun

(-)
  • exhaustion, fatigue or tiredness
  • a lack of interest or excitement

    • Synonyms

    * defatigation * fatigue

    wary

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.
    • He is wary of dogs.
  • Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.

    • Synonyms

    * cautious, guarded, careful, chary

    Derived terms

    * unwary * warily * wariness

    Anagrams

    * *

    See also

    * weary