Difference between Backwash and Wake

What is the difference between Backwash and Wake?

Backwash as a noun is the backward flow of water from oars or propeller. while Wake as a noun is a period after a person's death before the body is buried, in some cultures accompanied by a party.

Backwash

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The backward flow of water from oars or propeller. The similar flow of air from an aircraft engine. The result or consequence of an event; an aftermath. The saliva, spit or food particles that have flowed back into a drink after someone has drunk from it.

Wake

Part of speech: verb

Definition: (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.(often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping.to lay out a body prior to burial in order to allow family and friends to pay their last respects.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A period after a person's death before the body is buried, in some cultures accompanied by a party.The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.A number of vultures assembled together.

Example sentence: All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.

We hope you now know whether to use Backwash or Wake in your sentence.

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