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Sifting vs Winnowing - What's the difference?

sifting | winnowing |

As verbs the difference between sifting and winnowing

is that sifting is present participle of lang=en while winnowing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between sifting and winnowing

is that sifting is the act by which something is sifted while winnowing is the act of separating chaff from grain.

sifting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is sifted.

    • Anagrams

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    winnowing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of separating chaff from grain.
  • * (William Bridge)
    • If God doth suffer his own people and dearest children to be exposed to Satan's temptings and winnowings ; Why should any man then doubt of his childship, doubt of his own everlasting condition, and say, that he is none of the child of God because he is tempted?
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 20, author=Thomas C. Cooper, title=How Green Is My Garden?, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=At first I tried to handle the seasonal winnowings with a large three-bin compost device. }}