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Whetten vs Wetten - What's the difference?

whetten | wetten |

As verbs the difference between whetten and wetten

is that whetten is to whet while wetten is to make wet; to wet.

whetten

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (rare) To whet.

    • wetten

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nonstandard) To make wet; to wet
  • * 1951 , (Truman Capote), (The Grass Harp) , Vintage Books (2012), ISBN 978-0-679-74557-0, page 73:
    • Her eyelids drooped as though the lashes weighed intolerably; with the tip of her tongue she wettened her very red lips.
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