Whet vs Responsive - What's the difference?

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.

is the act of whetting something.

answering, replying or responding.

(whett)

To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone.

* Milton

The mower whets his scythe.

* Byron

Here roams the wolf, the eagle whets his beak.

To stimulate or make more keen.

to whet one's appetite or one's courage

* Shakespeare

Since Cassius first did whet me against Caesar, / I have not slept.

* 2003-10-20 , Naomi Wolf, 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.

* whetstone

(en noun)

The act of whetting something.

That which whets or sharpens; especially, an appetizer.

* Spectator

* sips, drams, and whets

(en adjective)

Answering, replying or responding.

Able to receive and respond to external stimuli.

Using antiphons; antiphonal.

Susceptible to the feelings of others.

(obsolete) Suited to something else; correspondent.

* Alexander Pope

The vocal lay responsive to the strings.

(obsolete) responsible

(Jeremy Taylor)

* nonresponsive * unresponsive

* responsively * responsiveness * responsorial ----