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Wincing vs Mincing - What's the difference?

wincing | mincing |

As verbs the difference between wincing and mincing

is that wincing is while mincing is .

As nouns the difference between wincing and mincing

is that wincing is the act by which someone winces; a grimace while mincing is the act by which something is minced.

As an adjective mincing is

affectedly dainty.

wincing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which someone winces; a grimace.
  • * (Walt Whitman)
    • poverties, wincings , and sulky retreats

    mincing

    English

    (wikipedia mincing)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Affectedly dainty.
  • *1913 ,
  • *:"Is there nothing to eat in the house?" he asked, insolently, as if to a servant. In certain stages of his intoxication he affected the clipped, mincing speech of the towns. Mrs. Morel hated him most in this condition.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is minced.
  • * 1931 , The Journal of Biological Chemistry (volume 90, page 689)
    • After three or four mincings with a coarse blade the product was passed two or three times through a fine blade.