Wised vs Wiped - What's the difference?

wised | wiped |

As verbs the difference between wised and wiped

is that wised is past tense of wise while wiped is past tense of wipe.

wised

English

Verb

(head)

(wise)

Anagrams

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wise

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) wis, wys, from (etyl) . Cognate with Dutch wijs, German weise, Swedish vis. Compare wit.

Adjective

(er)

Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.

Storing extra food for the winter was a wise decision.

They were considered the wise old men of the administration.

"It is a profitable thing, if one is wise , to seem foolish" - Aeschylus

(colloquial) Disrespectful.

Don't get wise with me!

Usage notes

* Objects: person, decision, advice, counsel, saying, etc.

Antonyms

* unwise * foolish

Derived terms

* crack wise * wisdom * wiseacre * wise apple * wiseass * wisecrack * wise guy * wise-hearted * wiseling * wiselike * wiseness * wizen * wizard * word to the wise

Verb

(wis)

To become wise.

(ergative, slang) Usually with "up", to inform or learn.

Mo wised him up about his situation.

''After Mo had a word with him, he wised up.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

(archaic) Way, manner, method.

* 1850 , The Burden of Nineveh , lines 2-5

... the prize

Dead Greece vouchsafes to living eyes, —

Her Art for ever in fresh wise

From hour to hour rejoicing me.

* 1866 , , A Ballad of Life , lines 28-30

A riven hood was pulled across his eyes;

The token of him being upon this wise

Made for a sign of Lust.

* 1926 , J. S. Fletcher, Sea Fog , page 308

And within a few minutes the rest of us were on our way too, judiciously instructed by Parkapple and the Brighton official, and disposed of in two taxi-cabs, the drivers of which were ordered to convey us to Rottingdean in such wise that each set his load of humanity at different parts of the village and at the same time that the bus was due to arrive at the hotel.

Derived terms

* -wise

Etymology 3

From (etyl) .

Verb

(dialectal) to instruct

(dialectal) to advise; induce

(dialectal) to show the way, guide

(dialectal) to direct the course of, pilot

(dialectal) to cause to turn

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wiped

English

Verb

(head)

(wipe)

wipe

English

(wikipedia wipe)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

Verb

(wip)

To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (cf. rub)

Melissa wiped her glasses with her shirt.

I wiped the sweat from my brow with the back of my hand.

Tom started to wipe his eyes.

* 1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)

So they passed through the Palace Gates and were led into a big room with a green carpet and lovely green furniture set with emeralds. The soldier made them all wipe their feet upon a green mat before entering this room, and when they were seated he said politely

To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away'', ''off'', or ''out .

* (rfdate) Milton

Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon.

(obsolete) To cheat; to defraud; to trick; usually followed by out .

(Spenser)

* (rfdate) Robynson (More's Utopia)

If they by coveyne [covin] or gile be wiped beside their goods.

(computing) To erase.

I accidentally wiped my hard drive.

(plumbing) To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.

Noun

(en noun)

The act of wiping something.

multiple wipes of a computer's hard disk

A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.

A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.

Derived terms

* asswipe * baby wipe * wet wipe * wipe away * wipe off * wipe out * wipeout * wipe somebody's eye * wipe the floor * wipe the slate clean * wiper

Etymology 2

Compare (etyl) (m), (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

The lapwing.