Wards vs Words - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between wards and words

is that wards is plural of lang=en while words is plural of lang=en.

is that wards is third-person singular of ward while words is third-person singular of word.

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(wikipedia words)

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Words have a longer life than deeds. — (Pindar) (translated)

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