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Winding vs Wending - What's the difference?

winding | wending |

As verbs the difference between winding and wending

is that winding is present participle of lang=en while wending is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between winding and wending

is that winding is something wound around something else while wending is act of going, course.

As an adjective winding

is twisting, turning or sinuous.

winding

English

(wikipedia winding)

Etymology 1

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Verb

(head)

    • Noun

  • something wound around something else
  • the manner in which something is wound
  • one complete turn of something wound
  • (electrical) a length of wire wound around the core of an electrical transformer

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • twisting, turning or sinuous
  • spiral or helical

    • Etymology 2

    , as the wind was used to assist turning.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • the act or process of winding (turning around)

    • Derived terms

    (Winding hole) * winding hole

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    wending

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • act of going, course
  • direction
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