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Wila vs Wile - What's the difference?

wila | wile |

Wile is a alternative form of wila.



As nouns the difference between wila and wile

is that wila is Bryoria fremontii, a dark-brown, hair-like lichen eaten by First Peoples in North America while wile is a trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice.

As a verb wile is

to entice or lure.

As a proper noun Wile is

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wila

English

Alternative forms

* wile

Noun

  • Bryoria fremontii , a dark-brown, hair-like lichen eaten by (l)s in North America.

    • Synonyms

    * (Byoria fremontii) (archaic classification)

    External links

    * * (Bryoria fremontii) * (Bryoria fremontii) * ----

    wile

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (usually, in the plural) A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice
    • He was seduced by her wiles .
  • * Milton
    • to frustrate all our plots and wiles

    Synonyms

    * beguilement * allurement

    Related terms

    * guile * wily

    Verb

    (wil)
  • To entice or lure
  • , "to pass the time".
    • Here's a pleasant way to wile away the hours.

    Usage notes

    The phrase meaning to pass time idly is while away''. We can trace the meaning in an adjectival sense for while back to Old English, hw?len — ''passing, transitory''. We also see it in the whilend — ''temporary, transitory''. But since ''wile away occurs so often, it is now included in many dictionaries.

    References

    * Grammarist.com While away or wile away? * Common Errors in the English Language Wile Away, While Away ----