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Wisp vs Whist - What's the difference?

wisp | whist |

As nouns the difference between wisp and whist

is that wisp is a small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group while whist is any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.

As verbs the difference between wisp and whist

is that wisp is to brush or dress, as with a wisp while whist is to hush or silence; to still.

As an adjective whist is

silent.

As an interjection whist is

an alternative spelling of lang=en Silence! Quiet! Hush! Shhh.

wisp

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.
    • 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.
  • * Dryden
    • in a small basket, on a wisp of hay
  • A whisk, or small broom.
  • A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus.
  • * Tennyson
    • the wisp that flickers where no foot can tread

    Derived terms

    * will o' the wisp

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To brush or dress, as with a wisp.
  • (UK, dialect) To rumple.
    • (Halliwell)

    whist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.
  • Sessions of playing the card game.

    • Derived terms

    * German whist * solo whist

    See also

    * (wikipedia "whist")

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • silent

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To hush or silence; to still.
    • (Spenser)
  • To become silent.
    • (Surrey)

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Silence! Quiet! Hush! Shhh!
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1860 , year_published=2008 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=anonymous , title=Heroes and Hunters of the West , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=… for scarcely had they descended one hundred feet, when a low “whist ” from the girl, warned them of present danger. }}

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