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Wee vs Vee - What's the difference?

wee | vee |

As nouns the difference between wee and vee

is that wee is urine while vee is something with the shape of the letter V. Found in compounds such as vee-necked.

As an adjective wee

is small, little.

As a verb wee

is to urinate.

wee

English

(wikipedia wee)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (15c).

Adjective

(er)
  • (Scotland, Northern Ireland, North England, NZ) Small, little.
  • * 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 73:
    • I had not seen a wee' boy do it like that before. He was ' weer than me and his swimming was just like splashing about.
    You looked a little cold so I lit a wee fire.

    References

    * Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)

    Etymology 2

    Unknown

    Noun

    (-)
  • (colloquial, uncountable) urine
  • (colloquial) An act of urination.
    • to have a wee
    Synonyms
    * wee wee * See also * See also

    Verb

  • (colloquial) To urinate.
    • Synonyms
    * See also

    Anagrams

    * * English terms with homophones English terms with unknown etymologies ----

    vee

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something with the shape of the letter V. Found in compounds such as vee-necked.
    • Migrating geese fly in a vee.
  • (cricket) The arc of the field, forward of the batsman, from cover to midwicket, in which drives are played

    • See also

    *

    Derived terms

    * teevee * veep

    Anagrams

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