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Windswept vs Windblown - What's the difference?

windswept | windblown |

As adjectives the difference between windswept and windblown

is that windswept is exposed to the winds while windblown is (of a tree) growing in a distorted shape produced by the prevailing winds.

windswept

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Exposed to the winds.
    • We struggled over the windswept moorland.

    windblown

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a tree) growing in a distorted shape produced by the prevailing winds
  • (of seeds, leaves etc) dispersed by the wind
  • (of a person) having disheveled hair blown about by the wind