Week vs Wees - What's the difference?
week | wees |
Any period of seven consecutive days.
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A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.(rfex)
Seven days after ((sometimes) before) a specified date.
(wee)
(Scotland, Northern Ireland, North England, NZ) Small, little.
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(colloquial, uncountable) urine
(colloquial) An act of urination.
(colloquial) To urinate.
As a noun week
is any period of seven consecutive days.As a verb wees is
third-person singular of wee.week
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Noun
(wikipedia week) (en noun)Derived terms
* bush week * for weeks on end * hell week * Holy Week * weekend * weeklySee also
* * fortnight * month * nundinal cycle * yearExternal links
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* 1000 English basic words ----wees
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(wikipedia wee)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (15c).Adjective
(er)- 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
UnknownNoun
(-)- to have a wee
