What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

W vs Lung - What's the difference?

w | lung |

As a letter w

is the twenty-third letter of the.

As a symbol w

is (label) symbol for tungsten.

As a noun lung is

(anatomy) a biological organ that extracts oxygen from the air.

w

Translingual

{{Basic Latin character info, previous=v, next=x, image= (wikipedia w)

Alternative forms

* vv (obsolete)

Letter

  • The twenty-third letter of the .
  • The first letter of (l) allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations east of the Mississippi river.
  • Symbol

    (Voiced labio-velar approximant) (head)
  • voiced labial-velar approximant
  • See also

    (Latn-script) * Turned: * * {{Letter , page=W , NATO=Whiskey , Morse=·–– , Character=W , Braille=? }} Image:Latin W.png, Capital and lowercase versions of W , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter W.png, Uppercase and lowercase W in Fraktur ----

    lung

    English

    (wikipedia lung)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) A biological organ that extracts oxygen from the air.
  • * , chapter=7
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs . […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.}}

    Synonyms

    * (organ) (in the plural) bellows (informal or archaic), (in the plural) lights

    Derived terms

    * aqualung * iron lung * leather-lunged * lungfish * lung flower * lung lichen * lungful * lung sac * lungwort