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*'''Sweat''' (pronounced to rhyme with 'get' and 'let'; and with similar spelling of the vowel to 'head, 'dead' and 'bread') may be either a [[noun]] or a [[verb]]. The general meaning is 'perspiration', the water (and salts) excreted through the skin as a reaction to excess heat or hard physical effort. It is often used [[figurative]]ly to mean effort, as in the punishment of [[Adam]] for his [[Original Sin]]: "Thou shalt eat thy bread in the '''sweat''' of thy brow." | *'''Sweat''' (pronounced to rhyme with 'get' and 'let'; and with similar spelling of the vowel to 'head, 'dead' and 'bread') may be either a [[noun]] or a [[verb]]. The general meaning is 'perspiration', the water (and salts) excreted through the skin as a reaction to excess heat or hard physical effort. It is often used [[figurative]]ly to mean effort, as in the punishment of [[Adam]] for his [[Original Sin]]: "Thou shalt eat thy bread in the '''sweat''' of thy brow." | ||
**The [[verb]] 'to '''sweat'''<nowiki>'</nowiki> means 'to perspire'. [[Figurative]]ly it can mean, as well as 'to work hard', 'to suffer [particularly torture or other forms of interrogation or punishment': "I'll make him '''sweat''' for this." | **The [[verb]] 'to '''sweat'''<nowiki>'</nowiki> means 'to perspire'. [[Figurative]]ly it can mean, as well as 'to work hard', 'to suffer [particularly torture or other forms of interrogation or punishment': "I'll make him '''sweat''' for this." | ||
| − | *'''Sweet''' (pronounced to rhyme with '[[Meat - meet - mete|meet]]', 'feet', and - confusingly - '[[Meat - meet - mete|meat]]' and 'seat') [[denote]]s one of the basic tastes (traditionally the four of sweetness, sourness, saltiness and bitterness, to which umami was added in the twentieth century. '''Sweet'''ness - the taste predominantly of sugars - is desirable to humans, as it signals foods that are rich in | + | *'''Sweet''' (pronounced to rhyme with '[[Meat - meet - mete|meet]]', 'feet', and - confusingly - '[[Meat - meet - mete|meat]]' and 'seat') [[denote]]s one of the basic tastes (traditionally the four of sweetness, sourness, saltiness and bitterness, to which umami was added in the twentieth century. '''Sweet'''ness - the taste predominantly of sugars - is desirable to humans, as it signals easily digestible foods that are rich in energy. |
| + | **This quickly gave risde to the [[figurative]] meaning of '[anything] pleasurable or desirable - '[[nice]]<nowiki>''</nowiki> | ||
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Revision as of 17:35, 4 January 2017
Don't fall into the error of typing sweat when you mean sweet.
- Sweat (pronounced to rhyme with 'get' and 'let'; and with similar spelling of the vowel to 'head, 'dead' and 'bread') may be either a noun or a verb. The general meaning is 'perspiration', the water (and salts) excreted through the skin as a reaction to excess heat or hard physical effort. It is often used figuratively to mean effort, as in the punishment of Adam for his Original Sin: "Thou shalt eat thy bread in the sweat of thy brow."
- The verb 'to sweat' means 'to perspire'. Figuratively it can mean, as well as 'to work hard', 'to suffer [particularly torture or other forms of interrogation or punishment': "I'll make him sweat for this."
- Sweet (pronounced to rhyme with 'meet', 'feet', and - confusingly - 'meat' and 'seat') denotes one of the basic tastes (traditionally the four of sweetness, sourness, saltiness and bitterness, to which umami was added in the twentieth century. Sweetness - the taste predominantly of sugars - is desirable to humans, as it signals easily digestible foods that are rich in energy.
- This quickly gave risde to the figurative meaning of '[anything] pleasurable or desirable - 'nice''
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