Wisp vs Airy - What's the difference?
wisp | airy |
A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.
* Dryden
A whisk, or small broom.
A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus.
* Tennyson
Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies.
Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial; as, an airy flight.
Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy; as, an airy situation.
Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.
Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful; as, airy music.
Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary.
Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial.
Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand.
(painting) Having the light and aerial tints true to nature.
As a noun wisp
is a small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.As a verb wisp
is to brush or dress, as with a wisp.As an adjective airy is
consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies.wisp
English
Noun
(en noun)- A wisp of smoke rose from the candle for a few moments after he blew it out.
- A wisp of hair escaped her barrette and whipped wildly in the wind.
- in a small basket, on a wisp of hay
- the wisp that flickers where no foot can tread