Difference between Will and Well

What is the difference between Will and Well?

Will as a noun is desire, longing. (now generally merged with later senses.) while Well as a noun is a hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.

Will

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.) One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention. One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands. That which is desired; one's wish. The act of choosing to do something; a person's conscious intent or volition. A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To wish, desire. To instruct (that something be done) in one's will. To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention). To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document). To wish, desire (something). To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that). To habitually do (a given action). To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive). Used to express the future tense, formerly with some implication of volition, especially in first-person. Compare . To be able to, to have the capacity to.

Well

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Accurately, competently.Completely, fully.To a significant degree.Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: In good health.Prudent; good; well-advised.

Part of speech: interjection

Definition: Used to acknowledge a statement or situation (short form for "that is well").An exclamation of surprise, often doubled or tripled.Used in speech to fill gaps; filled pause.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally, a spring.A small depression suitable for holding liquid, or other objects.A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.The cockpit of a sailboat.A well drink.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To seep out of the surface.

Example sentence: People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.

We hope you now know whether to use Will or Well in your sentence.

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