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Whets vs Weets - What's the difference?

whets | weets |

As verbs the difference between whets and weets

is that whets is (whet) while weets is (weet).

whets

English

Verb

(head)
  • (whet)

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    whet

    English

    Verb

    (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.

    Derived terms

    * whetstone

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of whetting something.
  • That which whets or sharpens; especially, an appetizer.
  • * Spectator
  • * sips, drams, and whets

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    weets

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (weet)

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    weet

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To know.
  • * 1885 , Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night , Night 13:
    • I wept for myself, but resigned my soul to the tyranny of Time and Circumstance, well weeting that Fortune is fair and constant to no man.

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