2021-03-19
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด W – wax & wane
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง wax = ‘WAKS’
ออกเสียง wane = ‘WEYN’
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Choose the Right Synonym for wane
Verb
mean to die downin force or intensity.
ABATE stresses the idea of progressive diminishing.
the storm abated
SUBSIDE implies the ceasing of turbulence or agitation.
the protests subsided after a few days
WANE suggests the fading or weakening of something good or impressive.
waning enthusiasm
EBB suggests the receding of something (such as the tide)
that commonly comes and goes.
The ebbing of daylight
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
WANE
Did You Know?
Verb
"Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour
/ Draws on apace four happy days bring in
/ Another moon:
But oh, methinks how slow / This old moon wanes!"
So, Theseus describes his eagerness for his wedding night
in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
As illustrated by Theseus' words,
wane is a word often called upon to describe
the seeming decrease in size of the moon
in the later phases of the lunar cycle.
The traditional opposite of wane is wax,
a once common but now infrequently used synonymof grow.
Wane and wax have been partnered
in reference to the moonsince the Middle Ages.
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions
wax & wane
Perhaps because these once-popular words
are now used infrequently,
they are often misunderstood or confused.
Wax means
“to grow gradually larger,”
“to increase in strength or size.”
Wane means the exact opposite:
“to decrease,” “to decline.”
Both termsare most often used to refer
to the comparative fullness or the moon,
but they can and do appear in statements
such as these. “His anger waxed strong and then subsided.”
“My enthusiasm for your plan is beginning to wane.”
Words relatedto wax are grow, extend, enlarge, dilate, and lengthen.
Near-synonyms of wane
include fail, diminish, and sink.
