Whom vs Witch - What's the difference?
whom | witch |
What person or people; which person or people, as the object of a verb.
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What person or people; which person or people, as the object of a preposition.
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Him; her; them (used as a relative pronoun to refer to a previously mentioned person or people.)
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A person who practices witchcraft; specifically:
#A woman who is learned in and actively practices witchcraft.
#*(rfdate) Shakespeare:
#*:He cannot abide the old woman of Brentford; he swears she's a witch .
#(label) A Wiccan.
# A man who practices witchcraft.
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#*:Some of the kynges had merueyl of Merlyns wordes and demed well that it shold be as he said / And som of hem lough hym to scorne / as kyng Lot / and mo other called hym a wytche / But thenne were they accorded with Merlyn that kynge Arthur shold come oute and speke with the kynges
#*(rfdate) Wyclif Bible (Acts viii. 9)
#*:There was a man in that city whose name was Simon, a witch .
(label) An ugly or unpleasant woman.
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:(Shakespeare)
One who exercises more-than-common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person.
One given to mischief, especially a woman or child.
(label) A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera .
The stormy petrel.
Any of a number of flatfish:
# (Torbay sole), found in the North Atlantic.
# (megrim), found in the North Atlantic.
#, found near New Zealand.
(obsolete) To practise witchcraft
To bewitch
To dowse for water
A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat and used as a taper.
English terms with homophones
As a pronoun whom
is what person or people; which person or people, as the object of a verb.As a noun witch is
a person who practices witchcraft; specifically.As a verb witch is
to practise witchcraft.whom
English
(wikipedia whom)Alternative forms
* whome (obsolete)Pronoun
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Usage notes
(Usage examples) Subject (always who ): : Who ate my sandwich? : There is the thief who ate my sandwich. :: i.e. The thief ate my sandwich. Direct object: : Who(m) did you see? : I saw an old friend who(m) I had not seen for years. :: i.e. I saw an old friend . Indirect object: : Who(m) are you giving your apple to? : She is the angel who(m) I'm giving my apple to. :: or : To whom are you giving your apple?'' (fronted prepositional phrase, almost always ''whom ) : She is the angel to whom I'm giving my apple. :: i.e. I'm giving my apple to her .Derived terms
* to whom it may concern * to whom this may concern * whomever * whom'rewitch
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) wicche, from (etyl) .Noun
(es)Synonyms
* (female magic user) wizardess, sorceress * (male magic user) wizard, sorcerer, warlock * (an ugly or unpleasant woman) See ,Derived terms
(terms derived from witch) * bewitch * cold as a witch's tit * man-witch * nonwitch * witch ball * witchcraft * witch doctor * witches' brew * witches' knickers * witches' Sabbath * witchfinder * witch grass * witch hazel * witch-hunt * witching hour * witchyExternal links
* (projectlink) * (Arnoglossus scapha) * (Arnoglossus scapha)Verb
(es)- 'It approaches the witching hour'.