Difference between Wet-nurse and Wetnurse

What is the difference between Wet-nurse and Wetnurse?

Wet-nurse as a noun is a woman hired to suckle another woman's child. while Wetnurse as a noun is a woman hired to suckle another woman's child.

Wet-nurse

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A woman hired to suckle another woman's child.

Wetnurse

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A woman hired to suckle another woman's child.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To act as a wet nurse (in either sense.)

We hope you now know whether to use Wet-nurse or Wetnurse in your sentence.

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