Whath vs Wrath - What's the difference?
whath | wrath |
(nonstandard) Which ordinal number.
Great anger.
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= (rare) Punishment.
* Bible, (w) xiii. 4
(trading card games, slang) A single card that is able to destroy many creatures.
As nouns the difference between whath and wrath
is that whath is (nonstandard) which ordinal number while wrath is great anger.As an adjective wrath is
(rare) wrathful; very angry.As a verb wrath is
(obsolete) to anger; to enrage.whath
English
Alternative forms
* whatthNoun
- Thanksgiving is on the whath of November this year?
Usage notes
Although easily understood, this construction is rarely used even in informal speech.Quotations
* 1884 , Selections from the Satires of Juvenal: To which is Added the Fifth Satire of Persius , page 144, Eldredge & Brother *: Macleane explains himself very well when he says that “Whath part?”'' would express ''quota pars'', if we could coin an interrogative adjective after the analogy of the ''seventh'' part, ''eighth , etc. * 1996 March, Constantin Dumitrescu and V. Seleacu, The Smarandache Function , page 111, Erhus University Press *: Namely, for whath triplets... of positive integers the Smarandache function verifies a Fibonacci-like equality * 1996 September 4, Jim Farrell, “Blue eyes cryin' in the rain”, bit.listserv.words-l, Usenet *: It'sometimes [sic. ] amusing, sometimes, well, just majestic, especially King George the whath , E. Rex's father.wrath
English
Noun
(en-noun)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.
- A revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.