Difference between Wake and Backwash

What is the difference between Wake and Backwash?

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

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.

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.

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

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