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Winding vs Rewinding - What's the difference?

winding | rewinding |

As verbs the difference between winding and rewinding

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

As nouns the difference between winding and rewinding

is that winding is something wound around something else while rewinding is 1902, Dietetic and hygienic gazette (volume 18, page 477.

As an adjective winding

is twisting, turning or sinuous.

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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    rewinding

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • * 1902 , Dietetic and hygienic gazette (volume 18, page 477)
  • The Crookes tube has accordingly been modified until it is no longer a new-fangled burning glass: motors, coils, rewindings , regulators and transformers have been interposed between the street current and the tube