different between wem vs wpm

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?m/

Etymology

From Middle English wem, wemme, from Old English wamm (“stain, spot, scar, disgrace, defect, defilement, sin, evil, crime, injury, loss, hurt, misfortune”), from Proto-Germanic *wammaz (“stain, spot”), from Proto-Indo-European *wemh?- (“to spew, vomit”). Cognate with Icelandic vamm (“loss, damage”), Latin vom? (“vomit”, verb) (English vomit), Ancient Greek ???? (emé?, “I spew”) (English emesis), Lithuanian vemti (“to vomit”), Sanskrit ???? (vamati, “to vomit”)

Alternative forms

• weam, weem
• wame, wan (Scotland)

Noun

wem (plural wems)

1. (Britain dialectal) A spot, stain, or mark; (by extension) a (moral) blemish or fault.
   • 1822, sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]), Historical romances of the author of Waverley, page 513:

     "It is even so," he added, as he gazed on the Sub-Prior with astonishment; "neither wem nor wound — not so much as a rent in his frock!"

Derived terms

• wemless
• wemmy

Anagrams

• MWE, Mew, mew

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ve?m/

Pronoun

wem

1. (interrogative) dative of wer, (to) whom (indirect object).

Further reading

• “wem” in Duden online

English

Alternative forms

• WPM

Noun

wpm (plural wpm)

1. Initialism of words per minute (“a measure of speed, as of output, typing, reading, or speech”).

   Coordinate terms: cps, ppm

   • 2010, Ivan Misner, David Alexander, Brian Hilliard, Networking Like a Pro: Turning Contacts Into Connections, Entrepreneur Press (?ISBN), page 98:

     So, if you're thinking at 400 and the person you're talking to is speaking at 150, then what you do with that extra 250 wpm capacity is going to determine how good a listener you are.

Further reading

• words per minute on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• MWP, PWM