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“Wart” or “Wort”

wart / wort are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

wart w·AO·r·t

  • nounany small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals).
  • nounan imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart (especially in smallness or unattractiveness).
  • noun(pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus.

wort

  • nounusually used in combination: `liverwort'; `milkwort'; `whorlywort'.
  • noununfermented or fermenting malt.
Usage

Examples in context

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“wart”

  • …Christmas carol "Menschen, die ihr wart verloren".
  • The Acrochordidae, commonly known as wart snakes, Java wart snakes, file…
  • …he was to cut the wart from its ear without drawing…
  • wart

“wort”

  • If a wort was said to be "26
  • …wol zuschicken und vernemen alle wort – "But the Sudovians, although…
  • …between the SG of the wort before fermentation and the SG…
  • …proper conditions, to ferment a wort of a particular composition to…
  • …foam stability, preventing oxidation in wort and beer and alternative paradigms…
  • …des Thier-Reichs: wissenschaftlich dargestellt in Wort und Bild).
  • …layer out of the aqueous wort.
  • St. John's Wort
  • …to use the brewery's former wort building (Vørterhuset) for training rooms…
  • …mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten, BWV 74

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