different between whet vs shet
whet
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)
- (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?
- c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act IV scene i[1]:
- (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.
- (transitive, obsolete) To preen.
Derived terms
- whetter (rare)
- whetstone
Translations
Noun
whet (plural whets)
- The act of whetting something.
- 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
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shet
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
Verb
shet (third-person singular simple present shets, present participle shetting, simple past shetted, past participle shetted or shet)
- Pronunciation spelling of shut.
Etymology 2
Noun
shet (plural shets)
- (archaic) shed
- (archaic) sheet
Anagrams
- Esth, Esth., Seth, Tesh, eths, hest, hets, tesh
Lashi
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-r-gjat ~ b-g-rjat. Cognates include Chinese ? (b?) and Tibetan ????? (brgyad).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?et/, [??t]
Numeral
shet
- eight
References
- Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid?[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
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