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Winding vs Maze - What's the difference?

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Winding is a related term of maze.


As nouns the difference between winding and maze

is that winding is something wound around something else or winding can be the act or process of winding (turning around) while maze is cream (cheese), quantity.

As a verb winding

is or winding can be .

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

    Anagrams

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    maze

    English

    (wikipedia maze)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated network of paths or passages, the aim of which is to find one's way.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 30 , author=Hayley Spurway , title=Top 10 family days out in south Devon , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=There's plenty for toddlers too: experience the Wild West in Bear City, play with sand diggers, splash in the paddling pool and discover meerkats, reptiles and alpacas in the Zoo-Farm. Rain doesn't stop play, just head for the indoor fun factory with a rocking and rolling tugboat, mirror maze , ferris wheel and soft play. }}
  • Something made up of many confused or conflicting elements; a tangle.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
    • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=1 citation , passage=A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.}}
  • *
  • Confusion of thought; perplexity; uncertainty; state of bewilderment.
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    • Derived terms

    (terms derived from maze) * logic maze * mazed * mazelike * mazey * mazy * mizmaze * Morris water maze * radiation maze * turf maze

    Verb

    (maz)
  • to amaze, astonish, bewilder
    • (South)
  • to daze, stupefy, or confuse