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Curly vs Winding - What's the difference?

curly | winding |

As adjectives the difference between curly and winding

is that curly is having curls while winding is twisting, turning or sinuous.

As nouns the difference between curly and winding

is that curly is a person or animal with curly hair while winding is something wound around something else or winding can be the act or process of winding (turning around).

As a verb winding is

or winding can be .

curly

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Having curls.

    • Derived terms

    * curly top

    Noun

    (curlies)
  • a person or animal with curly hair.

    • See also

    * short and curlies

    winding

    English

    (wikipedia winding)

    Etymology 1

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    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • something wound around something else
  • the manner in which something is wound
  • one complete turn of something wound
  • (electrical) a length of wire wound around the core of an electrical transformer

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • twisting, turning or sinuous
  • spiral or helical

    • Etymology 2

    , as the wind was used to assist turning.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • the act or process of winding (turning around)

    • Derived terms

    (Winding hole) * winding hole

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