Wasted vs Wisted - What's the difference?
wasted | wisted |
Not profitably used.
Ravaged or deteriorated.
Emaciated and haggard.
(slang) very drunk or stoned.
(medicine) low weight-for-height (for a person).
(waste)
(wist)
(archaic) (wit)
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As verbs the difference between wasted and wisted
is that wasted is past tense of waste while wisted is past tense of wist.As an adjective wasted
is not profitably used.wasted
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*wisted
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*wist
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Etymology 1
Past indicative of (m): from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . Compare (m).Verb
(head)- And lang ere witless Jeanie wist , / Her heart was tint, her peace was stown!