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Whithers vs Withers - What's the difference?

whithers | withers |

As verbs the difference between whithers and withers

is that whithers is third-person singular of whither while withers is third-person singular of wither.

As a noun withers is

the part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades; in many species the highest point of the body and the standard place to measure the animal's height.

As a proper noun Withers is

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whithers

English

Verb

(head)
  • (whither)

  • whither

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (literary, or, archaic) To which place.
  • * 1918 , , Mirado Modern Classics, paperback edition, page 8
  • The wagon jolted on, carrying me I knew not whither .
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  • * 1885 , , Penguin Red Classics, paperback edition, page 24
  • And with the same grave countenance he hurried through his breakfast and drove to the police station, whither the body had been carried.

    Usage notes

    * This word is unusual in modern usage; where is much more common. It is more often encountered in older works, or when used poetically. * Do not confuse with whether'' or ''wither .

    Derived terms

    * anywhither * nowhither * whitherward * whitherever

    Synonyms

    * whereto

    Antonyms

    * whence

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (intransitive, obsolete, dialectal) To wuther.
  • English interrogative adverbs

    withers

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • (veterinary medicine) The part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades; in many species the highest point of the body and the standard place to measure the animal's height.
  • Usage notes

    Although this noun refers to one object, there is no corresponding singular form *(term) for this word, the singular form being obsolete.

    Coordinate terms

    * scruff

    Hyponyms

    * nape

    Derived terms

    * fistulous withers * wither-wrung * wring one's withers

    Verb

    (head)
  • (wither)
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