Difference between Will and Wish

What is the difference between Will and Wish?

Will as a noun is desire, longing. (now generally merged with later senses.) while Wish as a noun is a will for something to happen.

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.

Example sentence: Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

Wish

Part of speech: verb

Definition: (with for) to hope (for a particular outcome)to bestow (a thought or gesture) towards (someone or something)To request or desire to do an activity.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a will for something to happen.a water meadow.

Example sentence: Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to be.

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

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