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Wen vs Wem - What's the difference?

wen | wem |

As nouns the difference between wen and wem

is that wen is a cyst on the skin while wem is a spot; stain; mark; scar; weal; bruise.

As a proper noun Wen

is {{surname|common|from=Chinese}} of east Asian derivation.

As a verb wem is

to injure or disfigure; blemish; mark; scar.

wen

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A cyst on the skin.
  • * 1854 , (Henry David Thoreau), (Walden) , Walden:
    • When I have met an immigrant tottering under a bundle which contained his all--looking like an enormous wen which had grown out of the nape of his neck--I have pitied him, not because that was his all, but because he had all that to carry.
  • * 1973 , (Thomas Pynchon), Gravity's Rainbow :
    • Creeps, foreigners with tinted, oily skin, wens , sties, cysts, wheezes, bad teeth, limps, staring or—worse—with Strange Faraway Smiles.
  • * 1996 , (David Foster Wallace), Infinite Jest , Abacus 2013, p. 4:
    • I am debating whether to risk scratching the right side of my jaw, where there is a wen .

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a runic letter later replaced by w

    • Anagrams

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    Etymology 3

    Noun

  • An enormously congested city.
    • English terms with homophones ----

    wem

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) wem, wemme, from (etyl)

    Alternative forms

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

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A spot; stain; mark; scar; weal; bruise.
  • A (moral) blemish; fault; blemish; taint.
  • Neglect; damage.

    • Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) wemmen, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (wemm)
  • To injure or disfigure; blemish; mark; scar.
  • To defile; pollute; corrupt; vitiate.
  • To violate (one's word).

    • Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    Anagrams

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