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Whir vs Whit - What's the difference?

whir | whit |

As nouns the difference between whir and whit

is that whir is an alternative spelling of lang=en while whit is the smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.

As a verb whir

is an alternative spelling of lang=en.

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)

    • whit

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.
    • He worked tirelessly to collect and wind a ball of string eight feet around, and it matters not one whit .
  • * 1602 : (William Shakespeare), , act V scene 2
    • Not a whit .
  • * 1917 , Incident by

    • Synonyms

    * (smallest part imaginable) bit, iota, jot, scrap * See also .

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