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Grimacing vs Wincing - What's the difference?

grimacing | wincing |

As verbs the difference between grimacing and wincing

is that grimacing is while wincing is .

As nouns the difference between grimacing and wincing

is that grimacing is the act of making a grimace while wincing is the act by which someone winces; a grimace.

grimacing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of making a grimace.
  • * 1918 , H. G. Wells, Joan and Peter
    • The next morning Oswald stopped short in the middle of his shaving, which in his case involved the most tortuous deflections and grimacings .

    wincing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which someone winces; a grimace.
  • * (Walt Whitman)
    • poverties, wincings , and sulky retreats