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Whisted vs Whished - What's the difference?

whisted | whished |

As verbs the difference between whisted and whished

is that whisted is past tense of whist while whished is past tense of whish.

whisted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (whist)

    • whist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.
  • Sessions of playing the card game.

    • Derived terms

    * German whist * solo whist

    See also

    * (wikipedia "whist")

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • silent

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To hush or silence; to still.
    • (Spenser)
  • To become silent.
    • (Surrey)

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Silence! Quiet! Hush! Shhh!
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    • , year=1860 , year_published=2008 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=anonymous , title=Heroes and Hunters of the West , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=… for scarcely had they descended one hundred feet, when a low “whist ” from the girl, warned them of present danger. }}

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    whished

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (whish)

    • whish

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)

    • Noun

    (es)
  • A sibilant sound, especially that of rapid movement through the air.

    • Verb

  • To make such a sound.