Wing vs Wise - What's the difference?
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An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
(slang) Human arm.
Part of an airplane that produces the lift for rising into the air.
One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
(botany) Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
(botany) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
Passage by flying; flight.
* Shakespeare
Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
* Shakespeare
A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, such as an extension from the main building.
Anything that agitates the air as a wing does, or is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, such as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.
An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
A fraction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
An organizational grouping in a military aviation service:
# (British) A unit of command consisting of two or more squadrons and itself being a sub-unit of a group or station.
# (US) A larger formation of two or more groups, which in turn control two or more squadrons.
(British) A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
(nautical) A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
(nautical) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.
(sports) A position in several field games on either side of the field.
(sports) A player occupying such a position, also called a winger
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(botany) A flattened extension of a tridimensional plant organ.
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One of the sides of the stage in a theatre.
(lb) To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the arm.
(lb) To fly.
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*:Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
To add a wing (extra part) to.
(lb) To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.
(lb) To throw.
Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
(colloquial) Disrespectful.
To become wise.
(ergative, slang) Usually with "up", to inform or learn.
(archaic) Way, manner, method.
* 1850 , The Burden of Nineveh , lines 2-5
* 1866 , , A Ballad of Life , lines 28-30
* 1926 , J. S. Fletcher, Sea Fog , page 308
(dialectal) to instruct
(dialectal) to advise; induce
(dialectal) to show the way, guide
(dialectal) to direct the course of, pilot
(dialectal) to cause to turn
As a noun wing
is an appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.As a verb wing
is (lb) to injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the arm.As an acronym wise is
(aviation|nautical) (adjective).wing
English
(wikipedia)Alternative forms
* whing (obsolete) * weng (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- to take wing
- Light thickens; and the crow / Makes wing to the rooky wood.
- Fiery expedition be my wing .
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- ? wing , wedge, h?cek, inverted circumflex (Karel ?apek )
Synonyms
* (panel of a car) fender (US), guard (Australia) * (sports position) forwardDerived terms
* left wing * on the wing * redwing * right wing * take under one's wing * wingman * wing it * winged * wingerVerb
(en verb)wise
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) wis, wys, from (etyl) . Cognate with Dutch wijs, German weise, Swedish vis. Compare wit.Adjective
(er)- Storing extra food for the winter was a wise decision.
- They were considered the wise old men of the administration.
- "It is a profitable thing, if one is wise , to seem foolish" - Aeschylus
- Don't get wise with me!
Usage notes
* Objects: person, decision, advice, counsel, saying, etc.Antonyms
* unwise * foolishDerived terms
* crack wise * wisdom * wiseacre * wise apple * wiseass * wisecrack * wise guy * wise-hearted * wiseling * wiselike * wiseness * wizen * wizard * word to the wiseVerb
(wis)- Mo wised him up about his situation.
- ''After Mo had a word with him, he wised up.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- ... the prize
- Dead Greece vouchsafes to living eyes, —
- Her Art for ever in fresh wise
- From hour to hour rejoicing me.
- A riven hood was pulled across his eyes;
- The token of him being upon this wise
- Made for a sign of Lust.
- And within a few minutes the rest of us were on our way too, judiciously instructed by Parkapple and the Brighton official, and disposed of in two taxi-cabs, the drivers of which were ordered to convey us to Rottingdean in such wise that each set his load of humanity at different parts of the village and at the same time that the bus was due to arrive at the hotel.