Whet vs Appetise - What's the difference?
whet | appetise |
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
As verbs the difference between whet and appetise
is that whet is to hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone while appetise is (rare) to whet the appetite.As a noun whet
is the act of whetting something.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.
