Winged vs Zinged - What's the difference?
winged | zinged |
Having wings.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author=
, volume=189, issue=7, page=32, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= Flying or soaring as if on wings.
Swift.
(in combination) having wings of a specified kind
(in combination) having the specified number of wings
(wing)
(zing)
A short high-pitched humming sound, eg that made by a bullet or vibrating string.
* {{quote-book
, date = 1998-03-15
, author = Edward E. Leslie
, title = Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls
, publisher = Mariner Books
, isbn = 9780395911501
, ol = 7468582M
, page = 387
, pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=X0_S5AtHuY0C&pg=PA387&dq=zing
, passage = I heard a zing close to my head and looked up again. Five or six men were lined up on the deck above me with rifles shooting at the shark.
}}
Zest or vitality.
* {{quote-news
, date = 2006-05-25
, author = Melinda Houston
, newspaper =
, title = European Bier Cafe - Bar Reviews
, url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/bar-reviews/european-bier-cafe/2006/05/25/1148519757307.html
, passage = To accompany a meal, the fresh Italian lager Poretti is perfect; Erdinger Weisbier, a wheat beer from Germany, is full of zing ;
}}
To move very quickly, especially while making a high-pitched hum.
* {{quote-book
, year = 2000
, author = Nick Nelson
, title = The Golden Vortex
, publisher = Conscious Publishing
, isbn = 9781929096015
, ol = 8949607W
, page = 89
, pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=xAOfLVoyCLIC&pg=PA89&dq=zinging
, passage = We are all a second or two older than an astronaut who has been zinging around the Earth at 18000 miles per hour, because of his or her greater speed and the lack of gravity.
}}
(onomatopoeia) A high pitched humming sound.
* {{quote-song
, year = 1934
, composer =
, title =
, passage = Something inside of me started a symphony / Zing ! Went the strings of my heart
}}
(US, slang) Used to acknowledge a witty comeback, a zinger .
* {{quote-book
, year = 2002
, author = Chellie Campbell
, title = The Wealthy Spirit
, publisher = Sourcebooks
, isbn = 9781570717772
, ol = 8698152M
, page = 162
, pageurl = http://google.com/books?id=mU-DgUcd-5AC&pg=PA162&dq=zing
, passage = Zing! The joke had rebounded back on the one who started it. "Ouch!" Mama Jane winced ruefully. We all dissolved in laughter at the good-natured repartee.
}}
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As verbs the difference between winged and zinged
is that winged is past tense of wing while zinged is past tense of zing.As an adjective winged
is having wings.winged
English
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
*Adjective
(-)Nick Miroff
Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […], passage=The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […]. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.}}
- weak-winged
- The six-winged Seraphim are the angels closest to God.