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Witting vs Wilting - What's the difference?

witting | wilting |

As verbs the difference between witting and wilting

is that witting is while wilting is .

As a noun witting

is (obsolete) knowledge, awareness.

As an adjective witting

is aware, knowledgable.

witting

English

Etymology 1

Partly from (etyl) vitand, partly from the present participle of (wit).

Noun

(-)
  • (obsolete) Knowledge, awareness.
  • * Late 14th century , Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Wife of Bath's Prologue’ ll. 648-9, Canterbury Tales , Oxford 1988, p. 113:
  • for his wyf was at a someres game, / Wiþouten his wityng , he forsook hire eke.

    Etymology 2

    Participle adjective of wit.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • aware, knowledgable
  • Antonyms
    * unwitting

    Verb

    (head)
  • wilting

    English

    Verb

    (head)
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