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Wiled vs Piled - What's the difference?

wiled | piled |

As verbs the difference between wiled and piled

is that wiled is (wile) while piled is (pile).

As an adjective piled is

(iron manufacturing) formed from a pile or fagot.

wiled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (wile)

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    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 ----

    piled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (pile)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (iron manufacturing) Formed from a pile or fagot.
    • piled iron
  • Having a pile or point; pointed.
  • * Chapman
    • Magus threw a spear well piled .
  • Having a pile or nap.
  • * L. Barry (1611)
    • Three-piled velvet.

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