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Whir vs Buz - What's the difference?

whir | buz |

As nouns the difference between whir and buz

is that whir is an alternative spelling of lang=en while buz is obsolete form of buzz.

As verbs the difference between whir and buz

is that whir is an alternative spelling of lang=en while buz is obsolete form of buzz.

whir

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • *1909 , (William Hope Hodgson), (The Ghost Pirates)
  • *:Suddenly, the time-keeper struck three bells, and the deeper notes of the bell forrard, answered them. I gave a start. It seemed to me that they had been struck close to my elbow. There was something unaccountably strange in the air that night. Then, even as the Second Mate answered the look-out's "All's well," there came the sharp whir and rattle of running gear, on the port side of the mainmast.

    • Verb

    (en-verb)

    • buz

    English

    Noun

    (buzzes)
  • * 1831 , James Rennie, Insect Architecture: Volume 3 (page 90)
    • The buz of flies has been found no less difficult to explain than the hum of bees.

    Verb

    • (Webster 1913) ----