ether vs waft

ether

noun
  • The medium breathed by human beings; the air. 

  • The sky, the heavens; the void, nothingness. 

  • Starting fluid. 

  • Diethyl ether (C₄H₁₀O), an organic compound with a sweet odour used in the past as an anaesthetic. 

  • A particular quality created by or surrounding an object, person, or place; an atmosphere, an aura. 

  • Any of a class of organic compounds containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups. 

  • The atmosphere or space as a medium for broadcasting radio and television signals; also, a notional space through which Internet and other digital communications take place; cyberspace. 

  • Often as aether and more fully as luminiferous aether: a substance once thought to fill all unoccupied space that allowed electromagnetic waves to pass through it and interact with matter, without exerting any resistance to matter or energy; its existence was disproved by the 1887 Michelson–Morley experiment and the theory of relativity propounded by Albert Einstein (1879–1955). 

verb
  • To viciously humiliate or insult. 

waft

noun
  • A light breeze. 

  • A flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal; a waif, a wheft. 

  • Something (such as an odor or perfume) that is carried through the air. 

verb
  • To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float. 

  • To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon. 

  • To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air. 

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