Gracious vs Winning - What's the difference?
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kind and warmly courteous
tactful
compassionate
indulgent, charming and graceful
elegant and with good taste
benignant
expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.
That constitutes a win.
That leads to success.
Attractive.
The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition.
(chiefly, in the plural) The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, especially in gambling.
* Chaucer
(mining) A new opening.
The portion of a coalfield out for working.
As adjectives the difference between gracious and winning
is that gracious is kind and warmly courteous while winning is that constitutes a win.As an interjection gracious
is expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.As a verb winning is
present participle of lang=en.As a noun winning is
the act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition.gracious
English
Alternative forms
* gratious (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* graciousness * graciouslyInterjection
(en interjection)winning
English
Verb
(head)- Our horse was winning the race, but fell back just before the finish line.
Derived terms
* winningsAdjective
(en-adj)- the winning entry in the competition
- the winning lotto numbers
- a winning formula, strategy, etc.
- a winning smile
Noun
(en noun)- Ye seek land and sea for your winnings .