Bind vs Win - What's the difference?
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To tie; to confine by any ligature.
* (rfdate) (Shakespeare)
To cohere or stick together in a mass.
* (rfdate) (Mortimer)
To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
To exert a binding or restraining influence.
To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.
* (rfdate) Job xxviii. 11.
* (rfdate) Luke xiii. 16.
To couple.
(figuratively) To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie.
* (rfdate) (Milton)
(legal) To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
(legal) To place under legal obligation to serve.
To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
(archaic) To make fast (a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something.
(archaic) To cover, as with a bandage.
(archaic) To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action.
To put together in a cover, as of books.
(computing) To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location.
* 2008 , Bryan O'Sullivan, John Goerzen, Donald Bruce Stewart, Real World Haskell (page 33)
* 2009 , Robert Pickering, Beginning F# (page 123)
That which binds or ties.
A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.
Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.
(music) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
(chess) A strong grip or stranglehold on a position that is difficult for the opponent to break.
To conquer, defeat.
*1485 , Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur , Book IV:
*:For and we doo bataille we two wyl fyghte with one kny?t at ones / and therfore yf ye wille fyghte soo we wille be redy at what houre ye wille assigne / And yf ye wynne vs in bataille the lady shal haue her landes ageyne / ye say wel sayd sir Vwayne / therfor make yow redy so that ye be here to morne in the defence of the ladyes ryght
*1998 , Rhapsody, Emerald Sword
*:For the glory, the power to win the Black Lord, I will search for the Emerald Sword.
(label) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
(label) To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
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(label) To obtain (someone) by wooing.
*Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)
*:Thy virtue won me; with virtue preserve me.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:She is a woman; therefore to be won .
(label) To achieve victory.
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(label) To obtain (something desired).
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(label) To cause a victory for someone.
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To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake.
*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:Even in the porch he him did win .
*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
*:And when the stony path began, / By which the naked peak they won , / Up flew the snowy ptarmigan.
To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
:(Raymond)
gain; profit; income
wealth; owndom; goods
an individual victory (opposite of a loss)
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(slang) a feat, an (extraordinary) achievement (opposite of a fail)
In intransitive terms the difference between bind and win
is that bind is to exert a binding or restraining influence while win is to achieve victory.In transitive terms the difference between bind and win
is that bind is to put together in a cover, as of books while win is to cause a victory for someone.In lang=en terms the difference between bind and win
is that bind is a strong grip or stranglehold on a position that is difficult for the opponent to break while win is a feat, an (extraordinary) achievement (opposite of a fail.bind
English
Verb
- They that reap must sheaf and bind .
- ''Just to make the cheese more binding
- clay binds by heat.
- I wish I knew why the sewing machine binds up after I use it for a while.
- These are the ties that bind .
- to bind''' grain in bundles; to '''bind a prisoner.
- Gravity binds the planets to the sun.
- Frost binds the earth.
- He bindeth the floods from overflowing.
- Whom Satan hath bound , lo, these eighteen years.
- to bind''' the conscience; to '''bind''' by kindness; '''bound''' by affection; commerce '''binds nations to each other.
- Who made our laws to bind us, not himself.
- to bind''' an apprentice; '''bound out to service
- to bind a belt about one
- to bind a compress upon a wound.
- to bind up a wound.
- certain drugs bind the bowels.
- The three novels were bound together.
- We bind the variable
nto the value2, andxsto"abcd".
- You can bind an identifier to an object of a derived type, as you did earlier when you bound a string to an identifier of type
obj
Synonyms
* fetter, make fast, tie, fasten, restrain * bandage, dress * restrain, restrict, obligate * * indentureDerived terms
* bind over - to put under bonds to do something, as to appear at court, to keep the peace, etc. * bind to - to contract; as, to bind one's self to a wife. * bind up in - to cause to be wholly engrossed with; to absorb in.Derived terms
* bindweedNoun
(en noun)- the Maróczy Bind
Synonyms
* See alsoReferences
* *Anagrams
* English irregular verbs ----win
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . Cognate with (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m).Verb
Derived terms
* play to win * win friends * win upEtymology 3
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Our first win of the season put us in high spirits.
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