What's the difference between whisp and whist?

Whisp


Definition:

  • (n.) See Wisp.
  • (n.) A flock of snipe.

Example Sentences:

Whist


Definition:

  • (interj.) Be silent; be still; hush; silence.
  • (n.) A certain game at cards; -- so called because it requires silence and close attention. It is played by four persons (those who sit opposite each other being partners) with a complete pack of fifty-two cards. Each player has thirteen cards, and when these are played out, he hand is finished, and the cards are again shuffled and distributed.
  • (v. t.) To hush or silence.
  • (v. i.) To be or become silent or still; to be hushed or mute.
  • (a.) Not speaking; not making a noise; silent; mute; still; quiet.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We may be sexting, Tindering and OK Cupid-ing until our iPhones burn our palms, but when it comes to physical consummation, for many of us, sex has gone the same way as whist drives and tea dances.
  • (2) I used to go on holiday with my friend Jessica and her family and, in among riotous games of whist and races on the beach, I remember her, after a tearful row over a packet of biscuits that had been unfairly distributed, slamming the bedroom door and hurling herself on to the bottom bunk.
  • (3) How to reproduce the bonding hilarity of a nightmare game of three-handed whist for two players without cards in the dark?

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