different between wile vs sham
wile
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wa?l/
- Rhymes: -a?l
- Homophone: while
Etymology 1
From Middle English wile, wyle, from Old Northern French wile (“guile”) and Old English w?l (“wile, trick”) and wi?le (“divination”), from Proto-Germanic *w?l? (“craft, deceit”) (from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to turn, bend”)) and Proto-Germanic *wigul?, *wihul? (“prophecy”) (from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to consecrate, hallow, make holy”)). Cognate with Icelandic vél, væl (“artifice, craft, device, fraud, trick”), Dutch wijle.
Noun
wile (plural wiles)
- (usually in the plural) A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice
- He was seduced by her wiles.
Synonyms
- beguilement
- allurement
Derived terms
- wileful
- wily
Related terms
- guile
Translations
Verb
wile (third-person singular simple present wiles, present participle wiling, simple past and past participle wiled)
- To entice or lure
Derived terms
- bewile
- outwile
Etymology 2
The phrase meaning to pass time idly is while away. We can trace the meaning in an adjectival sense for while back to Old English, hw?len, "passing, transitory". It is also seen in whilend, "temporary, transitory". But since wile away occurs so often, it is now included in many dictionaries.
Verb
wile
- Misspelling of while (“to pass the time”).
- Here's a pleasant way to wile away the hours.
References
- Grammarist.com While away or wile away?
- Common Errors in the English Language Wile Away, While Away
Anagrams
- Lewi, Liew, Weil, lwei
Mapudungun
Noun
wile (using Raguileo Alphabet)
- tomorrow
Synonyms
- ule
- wvle
References
- Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English w?l, wi?le (“wile, trick”), cognate with Old Norse vél (“artifice, craft”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?wi?l(?)/
Noun
wile
- wile, trick, artifice
- a sorcerer
Derived terms
- wili
Descendants
- English: wile
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?v?i.l?/
Noun
wile m
- locative/vocative singular of wi?
Noun
wile f
- dative/locative singular of wi?a
Further reading
- wile in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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sham
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æm/
- Rhymes: -æm
Etymology 1
Probably a dialectal form of shame.
Adjective
sham
- Intended to deceive; false.
- counterfeit; unreal
- 1881, Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides
- They scorned the sham independence proffered to them by the Athenians.
- 1881, Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides
Synonyms
- mock
- See also Thesaurus:fake
Antonyms
- genuine
- sincere
- real
Derived terms
- shammish
Translations
Noun
sham (countable and uncountable, plural shams)
- A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine.
- Trickery, hoaxing.
- A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
- A decorative cover for a pillow.
Derived terms
- shamateur
Translations
See also
- pillow sham
Verb
sham (third-person singular simple present shams, present participle shamming, simple past and past participle shammed)
- To deceive, cheat, lie.
- To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
- To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
sham (uncountable)
- (slang) Champagne.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of William Makepeace Thackeray to this entry?)
- So I orders a bottle, as if for myself; and, 'Ma'am,' says I, 'will you take a glass of Sham — just one?'
- (Can we find and add a quotation of William Makepeace Thackeray to this entry?)
Further reading
- sham in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- sham in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- sham at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- AMHS, HMAS, HSAM, Hams, MASH, MHAs, MSHA, Mahs, Mash, SAHM, Sahm, hams, mash
Karakalpak
Etymology
From Arabic ????
Noun
sham
- candle
Uzbek
Etymology
From Arabic ????
Noun
sham (plural shamlar)
- candle
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