Winged vs Brisk - What's the difference?
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Having wings.
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Swift.
(in combination) having wings of a specified kind
(in combination) having the specified number of wings
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Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick.
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Full of spirit of life; effervescing, as liquors; sparkling; as, brisk cider.
Stimulating or invigorating.
Abrupt, curt in one's manner or in relation to others.
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Winged is a related term of brisk.
As adjectives the difference between winged and brisk
is that winged is (poetic) while brisk is full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick.As a verb brisk is
to make or become lively; to enliven; to animate.winged
English
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
*Adjective
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- weak-winged
- The six-winged Seraphim are the angels closest to God.
Etymology 2
See (wing) (verb)Verb
(head)Anagrams
*brisk
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Adjective
(en-adj)- We took a brisk walk yesterday.
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- This morning was a brisk fall day. It wasn't cold enough for frost, but you wanted to keep moving.
- Her manner was brisk, and her good-breeding scarcely concealed her conviction that if you were not a soldier you might as well be a counter-jumper.
