What's the difference between hewer and whewer?

Hewer


Definition:

  • (n.) One who hews.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The ladies are pursued past boarded-up branches of JJB Sports by a yawning Nick Hewer, whose parallel career as the host of Countdown has left him openly uninterested in the antics of a group of middle-management parakeets.
  • (2) Back in 2007, when Hopkins was the breakout contestant on series three of The Apprentice , co-presenter Nick Hewer told her, “Here’s what I think is going on.
  • (3) We still have an assumption that children from poorer backgrounds are destined to be hewers of wood and drawers of water.

Whewer


Definition:

  • (n.) The European widgeon.

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