Y vs w

Y

• Used for the Greek letter Υ (Y, “upsilon”). 

• The twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, called wye and written in the Latin script. 

• A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y. 

• A particular facility run by the YMCA/YWCA. 

• A Y-shaped object, such as a railroad fork or a support for a telescope; a wye, a bifurcation. 

• A moth of the genus Plusia, having markings resembling the letter Y. 

w

• The twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double-u and written in the Latin script. 

• watt 

• witness 

• west 

• work 

• white 

• wide 

• with a wing (on the Enneagram)