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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 often used in the context of nursing and gradually removing someone or something from dependency, particularly related to breast milk or a specific habit.
- Ween is an archaic term meaning to think or suppose, and you might not see it used in modern English unless you're reading something with an old-fashioned style.
- Remember that wean pertains to transitioning away from something, like weaning a baby off milk.
- Think of warn with a e instead of r — wean, as you are preparing or transitioning someone.
- Ween sounds like seen with a w, and it refers to ideas, perceptions, or beliefs.
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