Wit vs Wilt - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between wit and wilt

is that wit is sanity while wilt is the act of wilting or the state of being wilted.

As verbs the difference between wit and wilt

is that wit is know, be aware of construed with of when used intransitively while wilt is to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower).

As a preposition wit

is {{en-SoE}} an alternative spelling of lang=en.

wit

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) . Compare (m).

Noun

(en noun)

Sanity.

The senses.

Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.

The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.

Intelligence; common sense.

Humour, especially when clever or quick.

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;

A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* brevity is the soul of wit * collect one's wits * gather one's wits * have one’s wits about one * inwit * mother wit * native wit * scare out of one’s wits * witcraft * witful * witless * witling * witter * wittol * witticism

Etymology 2

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . Compare (m).

Verb

(head)

(ambitransitive, chiefly, archaic) Know, be aware of .

You committed terrible actions — to wit , murder and theft — and should be punished accordingly.

They are meddling in matters that men should not wit of.

* 1849 , , St. Luke the Painter , lines 5–8

but soon having wist

How sky-breadth and field-silence and this day

Are symbols also in some deeper way,

She looked through these to God and was God’s priest.

Conjugation

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Usage notes

* As a preterite-present verb, the third-person singular indicative form is not .

Derived terms

* to wit * unwitting * witness

Etymology 3

From English with.

Preposition

(head)

(en-SoE)

Anagrams

* English irregular verbs English terms with homophones ----

wilt

English

Etymology 1

Recorded since 1691, probably an alteration of welk, itself from (etyl) welken, presumed from (etyl) (preserved in modern inchoative verwelken) or (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)

To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower).

To fatigue; to lose strength.

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, year=2011 , date=September 27 , author=Alistair Magowan , title=Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Man City , work=BBC Sport citation , passage=Not only were Jupp Heynckes' team pacey in attack but they were relentless in their pursuit of the ball once they had lost it, and as the game wore on they merely increased their dominance as City wilted in the Allianz Arena.}}

To cause to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a flower).

To cause to fatigue; to exhaust.

Noun

(en noun)

The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.

Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting.

Etymology 2

Verb

(head)

* Bible, Psalms

If thou triest my heart, if thou visitest me by night, if thou testest me, thou wilt find no wickedness in me.

English auxiliary verb forms English ergative verbs English irregular second-person singular forms ----