Vise vs. Wise

Published: 29 Dec, 2021

Visenoun

(US) an instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing

Wiseadjective

Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.

‘Storing extra food for the winter was a wise decision.’; ‘They were considered the wise old men of the administration.’; ‘"It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish" - Aeschylus’;

Viseverb

To clamp with or as with a vise.

Wiseadjective

Disrespectful.

‘Don't get wise with me!’;

Visenoun

An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.

Wiseadjective

(colloquial) Aware, informed.

‘Be careful, the boss is wise.’;

Visenoun

An indorsement made on a passport by the proper authorities of certain countries on the continent of Europe, denoting that it has been examined, and that the person who bears it is permitted to proceed on his journey; a visa.

Wiseverb

To become wise.

Viseverb

To examine and indorse, as a passport; to visa.

Wiseverb

Usually with "up", to inform or learn.

‘Mo wised him up about his situation.’; ‘''After Mo had a word with him, he wised up.’;

Visenoun

a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place

Wiseverb

(dialectal) to instruct

Vise

A vice or vise (American English) is a mechanical apparatus used to secure an object to allow work to be performed on it. Vises have two parallel jaws, one fixed and the other movable, threaded in and out by a screw and lever.

Wiseverb

(dialectal) to advise; induce

Wiseverb

(dialectal) to show the way, guide

Wiseverb

(dialectal) to direct the course of, pilot

Wiseverb

(dialectal) to cause to turn

Wisenoun

(archaic) Way, manner, method.

Wiseadjective

Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned.

‘They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.’;

Wiseadjective

Hence, especially, making due use of knowledge; discerning and judging soundly concerning what is true or false, proper or improper; choosing the best ends and the best means for accomplishing them; sagacious.

‘When clouds appear, wise men put their cloaks.’; ‘From a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation.’;

Wiseadjective

Versed in art or science; skillful; dexterous; specifically, skilled in divination.

‘Fal. There was, mine host, an old fat woman even now with me; but she's gone.Sim. Pray you, sir, was't not the wise woman of Brentford?’;

Wiseadjective

Hence, prudent; calculating; shrewd; wary; subtle; crafty.

‘Nor, on the other side,Will I be penuriously wiseAs to make money, that's my slave, my idol.’; ‘Lords do not care for me:I am too wise to die yet.’;

Wiseadjective

Dictated or guided by wisdom; containing or exhibiting wisdom; well adapted to produce good effects; judicious; discreet; as, a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise conduct or management; a wise determination.

‘A very grave, state bachelor, my dainty one;He's wise in years, and of a temperate warmth.’; ‘You are too wise in years, too full of counsel,For my green experience.’;

Wiseadjective

Way of being or acting; manner; mode; fashion.

‘To love her in my beste wyse.’; ‘This song she sings in most commanding wise.’; ‘Let not these blessings then, sent from above,Abused be, or spilt in profane wise.’;

Wisenoun

a way of doing or being;

‘in no wise’; ‘in this wise’;

Wisenoun

United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949)

Wisenoun

United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900)

Wiseadjective

having or prompted by wisdom or discernment;

‘a wise leader’; ‘a wise and perceptive comment’;

Wiseadjective

marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters;