Whet vs Whew - What's the difference?
whet | whew |
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
An expressive sound made indicating the release of one's inner tension; the release of breath; an expression of relief.
An expression of amazement or surprise.
* 1981 , , revised edition, chapter 1,
(UK, Scotland, dialect) To whistle with a shrill pipe, like a plover.
English onomatopoeias
As verbs the difference between whet and whew
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 whew is to whistle with a shrill pipe, like a plover.As a noun whet
is the act of whetting something.As an interjection whew is
an expressive sound made indicating the release of one's inner tension; the release of breath; an expression of relief.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
*whew
English
Interjection
(en interjection)- (from strenuous labour) Whew! That box weighs a ton!
- (from intense concern) Whew! Thank goodness you?re safe! I thought something terrible had happened to you!
- (from fear of being seen) Whew! That cop didn?t see me! That was a close call!
- "...Now I must be off. Whew , it's as cold as the North Pole. Which way is the wind blowing?"
