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Winded vs Winced - What's the difference?

winded | winced |

As verbs the difference between winded and winced

is that winded is past tense of wind while winced is past tense of wince.

As an adjective winded

is short of breath.

winded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (wind) (To cause a person to lose their breath)
    • The boxer was winded when his opponent hit his solar plexus.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • short of breath
    • She was winded from her long run.

    Translations

    (short of breath) (trans-mid) * Serbo-Croatian: (t) * Spanish: (t) (trans-bottom)

    Derived terms

    * long-winded * short-winded

    Anagrams

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    winced

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (wince)

    • wince

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sudden movement or gesture of shrinking away.
  • A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment at will.

    • Verb

    (winc)
  • To flinch as if in pain or distress.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
    • I will not stir, nor wince , nor speak a word.
  • * , chapter=17
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“Perhaps it is because I have been excommunicated. It's absurd, but I feel like the Jackdaw of Rheims.” ¶ She winced and bowed her head. Each time that he spoke flippantly of the Church he caused her pain.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1935, author=
    • , title=The Norwich Victims, chapter=7/2 citation , passage=The two Gordon setters came obediently to heel. Sir Oswald Feiling winced as he turned to go home. He had felt a warning twinge of lumbago.}}
  • To wash (cloth), dip it in dye, etc., with the use of a wince.
  • To kick or flounce when unsteady or impatient.