Whet vs Whee - What's the difference?
whet | whee |
To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone.
* Milton
* Byron
To stimulate or make more keen.
* Shakespeare
* 2003-10-20 , Naomi Wolf,
The act of whetting something.
That which whets or sharpens; especially, an appetizer.
* Spectator
* sips, drams, and whets
(childish) An expression of pleasure or enjoyment.
* 2001 , Ricardo L Garcia, Coal camp days: a boy's remembrance?
* 2009 , Phil and Kaja Foglio, Girl Genius, Volume 9 ,
As a verb whet
is to hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone.As a noun whet
is the act of whetting something.As an interjection whee is
an expression of pleasure or enjoyment.whet
English
Verb
(whett)- The mower whets his scythe.
- Here roams the wolf, the eagle whets his beak.
- to whet one's appetite or one's courage
- Since Cassius first did whet me against Caesar, / I have not slept.
The Porn Myth], [http://nymag.com/ New York Magazine
- In the end, porn doesn’t whet men’s appetites—it turns them off the real thing.
Derived terms
* whetstoneNoun
(en noun)Anagrams
*whee
English
Interjection
(en interjection)- She twisted the rubber band extra tight. Sure enough, the tractor spun off much faster. Whee ! She really liked to see it go fast on the living room floor.
p. 81:
- It'll be a secret! Whee !