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Wissed vs Wisped - What's the difference?

wissed | wisped |

As verbs the difference between wissed and wisped

is that wissed is past tense of wiss or wisse while wisped is past tense of wisp.

wissed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (wiss) or wisse
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    • , year=2003 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Andrew Lang , title=John Knox and the Reformation , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher= , isbn=9780766175709 , page=180 , passage=She did not respond favourably, and "the Earl bare it heavily in his heart, and more heavily than many would have wissed ," says Knox, with whome Arran was on very confidential terms. }}

    wisped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (wisp)

    • 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)