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wear on vs wane

wane vs wear on

wear on is not a noun while wane is a noun.

wear on and wane both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wear on No No Yes No
wane Yes No Yes No
As verbs, wane is a hypernym of wear on; that is, wane is a word with a broader meaning than wear on:
  • wear on: pass slowly (of time)
  • wane: grow smaller
Other hypernyms of wear on include decline, go down.
wear on (noun) wane (noun)
a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
wear on (verb) wane (verb)
pass slowly (of time) become smaller
decrease in phase
grow smaller
Difference between wear on and wane

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