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* '''while''' is a [[conjunction]], which mostly means 'during the time that', but can also be used to mean 'although'. While this page is interesting, you may also want to see [[while - whilst]]. | * '''while''' is a [[conjunction]], which mostly means 'during the time that', but can also be used to mean 'although'. While this page is interesting, you may also want to see [[while - whilst]]. | ||
* There is also a [[phrasal verb]] 'while away', which means to pass time pleasantly: you can while away the hours reading in the garden. | * There is also a [[phrasal verb]] 'while away', which means to pass time pleasantly: you can while away the hours reading in the garden. | ||
| − | * '''wile''' is a [[noun]], meaning craftiness or cunning. The related [[adjective]] is 'wily'. Think of Road Runner's cartoon nemesis, Wile E. Coyote. | + | * '''wile''' is a [[noun]], meaning craftiness or cunning. The related [[adjective]] is 'wily'. Think of Road Runner's cartoon nemesis, Wile E. Coyote [~'wily coyote']. |
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[[category:W - wh homophones]] | [[category:W - wh homophones]] | ||
[[category:homophones]] | [[category:homophones]] | ||
Revision as of 17:34, 18 April 2010
While and wile are two homophones in the mouths of most English people (see w - wh.)
- while is a conjunction, which mostly means 'during the time that', but can also be used to mean 'although'. While this page is interesting, you may also want to see while - whilst.
- There is also a phrasal verb 'while away', which means to pass time pleasantly: you can while away the hours reading in the garden.
- wile is a noun, meaning craftiness or cunning. The related adjective is 'wily'. Think of Road Runner's cartoon nemesis, Wile E. Coyote [~'wily coyote'].
