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Is it 'wet' your appetite or 'whet' your appetite?

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The correct form in "to whet your appetite".
"Whet" means to hone or to make more keen or stimulated, whereas "wet" means to cover or soak with water.
a whet "wet" rock is used to sharpen knives.
the stone or rock is actually wet with water or oil to lubricate & cool the material bing sharpened

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