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Wisened vs Withered - What's the difference?

wisened | withered |

As verbs the difference between wisened and withered

is that wisened is (wisen) while withered is (wither).

As an adjective withered is

shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water.

wisened

English

Verb

(head)
  • (wisen)

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    wisen

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To become wiser.

    • Usage notes

    Usually followed by "up": "The ignorant always wisen up." -Charles Neal

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    withered

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water.
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  • *:Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, withon one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (wither)