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Ringed vs Winged - What's the difference?

ringed | winged |

As adjectives the difference between ringed and winged

is that ringed is marked with rings, circles or loops while winged is (poetic).

As a verb ringed

is (ring) (etymology 1 only; the circle sense) .

ringed

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Marked with rings, circles or loops.
  • Wearing a wedding ring; hence, lawfully wedded.
  • * Tennyson
    • a ringed wife

    Derived terms

    * ringed seal * ringed snake * ringed worm

    Verb

    (head)
  • (ring) (Etymology 1 only; the circle sense)

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    winged

    English

    Etymology 1

    Alternative forms

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    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having wings.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author= Nick Miroff
    • , volume=189, issue=7, page=32, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] , passage=The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […]. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.}}
  • Flying or soaring as if on wings.
  • Swift.
  • (in combination) having wings of a specified kind
    • weak-winged
  • (in combination) having the specified number of wings
    • The six-winged Seraphim are the angels closest to God.

    Etymology 2

    See (wing) (verb)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (wing)

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