As nouns the difference between arist and wrist
is that arist is a rising, as from a seat, a bed, or the ground, or from below the horizon while wrist is the complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.
arist
English
Noun
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en noun)
(obsolete) A rising, as from a seat, a bed, or the ground, or from below the horizon.
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wrist
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Noun
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en noun)
(anatomy) The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.
(engineering) A stud or pin which forms a journal.
Derived terms
* wristwatch, wrist watch
* limp-wristed
* wrist-action
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