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Wiselike vs Viselike - What's the difference?

wiselike | viselike |

As adjectives the difference between wiselike and viselike

is that wiselike is (dialectal|chiefly|scotland) resembling that which is wise or sensibile; judicious; sensible while viselike is extremely strong or tight, like a vise.

wiselike

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) Resembling that which is wise or sensibile; judicious; sensible.

    • viselike

    English

    Alternative forms

    *vicelike

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Extremely strong or tight, like a vise
  • *{{quote-news, 2009, January 9, Nate Chinen, Jazz Listings, New York Times citation
    • , passage=What they share, apart from their Texas roots, is a viselike grasp of hard-bop fundamentals and an easy affinity for funk. }}