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Whither vs Writhing - What's the difference?

whither | writhing |

As verbs the difference between whither and writhing

is that whither is (intransitive|obsolete|dialectal) to wuther while writhing is .

As an adverb whither

is (literary|or|archaic) to which place.

As a noun writhing is

a twisting struggle.

whither

English

Adverb

(-)
  • (literary, or, archaic) To which place.
  • * 1918 , , Mirado Modern Classics, paperback edition, page 8
    • The wagon jolted on, carrying me I knew not whither .
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  • * 1885 , , Penguin Red Classics, paperback edition, page 24
    • And with the same grave countenance he hurried through his breakfast and drove to the police station, whither the body had been carried.

    Usage notes

    * This word is unusual in modern usage; where is much more common. It is more often encountered in older works, or when used poetically. * Do not confuse with whether'' or ''wither .

    Derived terms

    * anywhither * nowhither * whitherward * whitherever

    Synonyms

    * whereto

    Antonyms

    * whence

    Related terms

    * hither * thither

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (intransitive, obsolete, dialectal) To wuther.
    • English interrogative adverbs

    writhing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A twisting struggle.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 27, author=Alastair Macaulay, title=I May Be Writhing on the Floor, but on Screen I’m Soaring Like Superman, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=But a video, taken from above, projects these writhings as if she were flying at top speed in a tunnel above traffic that’s whooshing past in the opposite direction. }}