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Obliging vs Winning - What's the difference?

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Obliging is a related term of winning.


As adjectives the difference between obliging and winning

is that obliging is happy and ready to do favours for others while winning is that constitutes a win.

As verbs the difference between obliging and winning

is that obliging is while winning is .

As a noun winning is

the act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition.

obliging

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Happy and ready to do favours for others.

    • Synonyms

    * accommodating, willing

    Derived terms

    * obligingness

    Verb

    (head)

    • winning

    English

    Verb

    (head)
    • Our horse was winning the race, but fell back just before the finish line.

    Derived terms

    * winnings

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • That constitutes a win.
    • the winning entry in the competition
    the winning lotto numbers
  • That leads to success.
    • a winning formula, strategy, etc.
  • Attractive.
    • a winning smile

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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
    • Ye seek land and sea for your winnings .
  • (mining) A new opening.
  • The portion of a coalfield out for working.

    • See also

    * winnings * winningest ----