Win vs Wing - What's the difference?
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To conquer, defeat.
*1485 , Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur , Book IV:
*:For and we doo bataille we two wyl fyghte with one kny?t at ones / and therfore yf ye wille fyghte soo we wille be redy at what houre ye wille assigne / And yf ye wynne vs in bataille the lady shal haue her landes ageyne / ye say wel sayd sir Vwayne / therfor make yow redy so that ye be here to morne in the defence of the ladyes ryght
*1998 , Rhapsody, Emerald Sword
*:For the glory, the power to win the Black Lord, I will search for the Emerald Sword.
(label) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
(label) To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
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(label) To obtain (someone) by wooing.
*Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)
*:Thy virtue won me; with virtue preserve me.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:She is a woman; therefore to be won .
(label) To achieve victory.
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(label) To obtain (something desired).
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(label) To cause a victory for someone.
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To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake.
*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:Even in the porch he him did win .
*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
*:And when the stony path began, / By which the naked peak they won , / Up flew the snowy ptarmigan.
To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
:(Raymond)
gain; profit; income
wealth; owndom; goods
an individual victory (opposite of a loss)
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(slang) a feat, an (extraordinary) achievement (opposite of a fail)
An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
(slang) Human arm.
Part of an airplane that produces the lift for rising into the air.
One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
(botany) Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
(botany) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
Passage by flying; flight.
* Shakespeare
Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
* Shakespeare
A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, such as an extension from the main building.
Anything that agitates the air as a wing does, or is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, such as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.
An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
A fraction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
An organizational grouping in a military aviation service:
# (British) A unit of command consisting of two or more squadrons and itself being a sub-unit of a group or station.
# (US) A larger formation of two or more groups, which in turn control two or more squadrons.
(British) A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
(nautical) A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
(nautical) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.
(sports) A position in several field games on either side of the field.
(sports) A player occupying such a position, also called a winger
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(botany) A flattened extension of a tridimensional plant organ.
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One of the sides of the stage in a theatre.
(lb) To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the arm.
(lb) To fly.
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*:Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
To add a wing (extra part) to.
(lb) To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.
(lb) To throw.
In slang|lang=en terms the difference between win and wing
is that win is (slang) a feat, an (extraordinary) achievement (opposite of a fail) while wing is (slang) human arm.As nouns the difference between win and wing
is that win is pleasure; joy; delight or win can be gain; profit; income while wing is an appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.As verbs the difference between win and wing
is that win is to conquer, defeat while wing is (lb) to injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the arm.win
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . Cognate with (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m).Verb
Derived terms
* play to win * win friends * win upEtymology 3
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Our first win of the season put us in high spirits.
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Derived terms
* winning * winnings * winner * for the win * you win * win back * win through * win round * win out * win over * win-win English irregular verbs English three-letter words 1000 English basic words ----wing
English
(wikipedia)Alternative forms
* whing (obsolete) * weng (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- to take wing
- Light thickens; and the crow / Makes wing to the rooky wood.
- Fiery expedition be my wing .
- (Totten)
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- ? wing , wedge, h?cek, inverted circumflex (Karel ?apek )
