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Wox vs Wex - What's the difference?

wox | wex |

As verbs the difference between wox and wex

is that wox is simple past of wax while wex is obsolete form of wax.

As a noun wex is

obsolete form of wax.

wox

English

Verb

(head)
  • (obsolete) (wax)
  • * Chaucer
    • He wox sodaineliche redde.
  • * Spenser
    • He wox full blithe.
    ----

    wex

    English

    Noun

    (-)
    • (Chaucer)

    Verb

    (es)
  • * Dryden
    • Each wexing moon.
    (Webster 1913) ----