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Wean vs. Ween
Wean
/wiːn/Examples:
The farmer started to wean the calves in early spring.Many parents struggle to wean their toddlers off pacifiers.Doctors recommend slowly to wean off the medication.
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Ween
/wiːn/Examples:
The elderly man wore a ween expression as he reminisced.The artist seemed to ween about his next masterpiece creation.She began to ween herself from the daily chocolate indulgence.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Wean is similar to lean which often refers to reducing or removing something, such as dependence on something.
- Wean involves a process, often gradual, like slowly introducing a baby to new foods away from milk.
- Ween sounds closer to keen and often relates to thinking or considering something, though it's an archaic term.
- Wean is associated with nurturing and growth transitions.
- Ween is rarely used in modern English except in certain dialects or historical texts.
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