different between whet vs abrade

English

Etymology

From Middle English whetten, from Old English hwettan (“to whet, sharpen, incite, encourage”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwattjan, from Proto-Germanic *hwatjan? (“to incite, sharpen”), from Proto-Indo-European *k?eh?d- (“sharp”).

Cognate with Dutch wetten (“to whet, sharpen”), German wetzen (“to whet, sharpen”), Icelandic hvetja (“to whet, encourage, catalyze”), dialectal Danish hvæde (“to whet”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?w?t/
  • (without wine–whine) IPA^(key): /???t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?w?t/, [?w?(?)t?]
  • (without wine–whine) IPA^(key): /???t/, [???(?)t?]
• Rhymes: -?t
• Homophone: wet

Verb

whet (third-person singular simple present whets, present participle whetting, simple past and past participle whetted or whet)

1. (transitive) To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone.
   • c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act IV scene i^[1]:

     Why dost thou whet thy knife so earnestly?
2. (transitive) To stimulate or make more keen.

   to whet one's appetite or one's courage

   • c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act II scene i^[2]:

     Since Cassius first did whet me against Caesar, / I have not slept.

   • 1925-29, Mahadev Desai (translator), M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Part I, chapter xv^[3]:

     My faith in vegetarianism grew on me from day to day. Salt's book whetted my appetite for dietetic studies. I went in for all books available on vegetarianism and read them.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To preen.

Derived terms

• whetter (rare)
• whetstone

Translations

Noun

whet (plural whets)

1. The act of whetting something.
2. That which whets or sharpens; especially, an appetizer.

   • sips, drams, and whets

   • 1769, Elizabeth Raffald, The Experienced English Housekeeper

     To make a nice Whet before Dinner […]

Anagrams

• thew

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??b?e?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?e?d/
• Rhymes: -e?d

Etymology 1

• First attested in 1677.
• From Latin abr?d? (“scrape off”), from ab (“from, away from”) + r?d? (“scrape”).

Verb

abrade (third-person singular simple present abrades, present participle abrading, simple past and past participle abraded)

1. (transitive) To rub or wear off; erode. [First attested in the late 17^th century.]
2. (transitive) To wear down or exhaust, as a person; irritate. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]
3. (transitive) To irritate by rubbing; chafe. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]
4. (transitive) To cause the surface to become more rough.
5. (intransitive) To undergo abrasion.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English abraiden.

Verb

abrade (third-person singular simple present abrades, present participle abrading, simple past and past participle abraded)

1. (transitive) Obsolete spelling of abraid

References

Anagrams

• Abdera, abread

Italian

Verb

abrade

1. third-person singular present indicative of abradere

Anagrams

• badare, baderà

Latin

Verb

abr?de

1. second-person singular present active imperative of abr?d?