Whing vs Whig - What's the difference?
whing | whig |
A high-pitched ringing sound
* 1855: Charles Kingsley, Westward Ho! The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh
* 1578: Henry Lyte (tr.), A Niewe herball or historie of plantes
* 1791: letter from Colonel Darke to George Washington, quoted in Theodore Roosevelt, The Winning of the West , vol. 4 (1896)
* 1869: James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire, with a glossary of words now in use there; also with poems and other pieces exemplifying the dialect
*:: An’ shakin ther whings , thâ vleed vooäth an’ awâ.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage.
buttermilk
Urge forward; drive briskly.
Jog along; move or work briskly.
English terms with homophones
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As nouns the difference between whing and whig
is that whing is a high-pitched ringing sound or whing can be while whig is (uk|politics) a member of an 18th- and 19th-century political party in britain that was opposed to the tories, and eventually became the liberal party.As a verb whing
is to move with great force or speed.whing
English
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.Noun
(en noun)- " Whing', ' whing ," went the Spaniard's shot, like so many humming-tops, through the rigging far above their heads. . .
Etymology 2
See .Noun
(en noun)- The fruite is long, flat, and thinne, almost lyke to a feather of a small birde, or lyke the whing of a grashopper.
- we incamped in two Lines about 60 yards apart the Right whing in frunt Commanded by General Butler, the Left in the Rear which I commanded
- When tha dumbledores hummin, craup out o’ tha cobwâll