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Coiled vs Wounded - What's the difference?

coiled | wounded |

As verbs the difference between coiled and wounded

is that coiled is (coil) while wounded is (wound).

As adjectives the difference between coiled and wounded

is that coiled is in the form of coils; having coils while wounded is suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle.

As a noun wounded is

(qualifier) people who are maimed or have wounds.

coiled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (coil)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • In the form of coils; having coils.
    • a coiled serpent
  • Prepared and poised to act, as a snake that has coiled its lower body so it can strike
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 9 , author=Jonathan Wilson , title=Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=Two first-half goals from the Colombian forward Radamel Falcao won the game, allowing Atlético to spend the final hour or so sitting deep, coiled always for a breakaway.}}

    Synonyms

    * looped

    Anagrams

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    wounded

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (wound)
  • * 1913: )
    • Nila, Agni's son, brandishing an uptorn tree, rushed on Prahasta; but he wounded the monkey with showers of arows.

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle.
  • * 1883:
    • ...he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded , and still more recently dressed.
  • (figuratively) Suffering from an emotional injury.
    • My wounded pride never recovered from her rejection.

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • (qualifier) People who are maimed or have wounds.
    • The wounded lay on stretchers waiting for surgery.

    Derived terms

    * walking wounded