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Winger vs Singer - What's the difference?

winger | singer |

As a noun winger

is (nautical) one of the casks stowed in the wings of a vessel's hold, being smaller than such as are stowed more amidships.

As a proper noun singer is

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winger

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (nautical) One of the casks stowed in the wings of a vessel's hold, being smaller than such as are stowed more amidships.
  • We hauled out a winger of grog.
  • (sports) An offensive player who plays on either side of the center.
  • The center passed to the left winger , who shot and scored.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Alistair Magowan , title=Man Utd 2 - 0 Norwich , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage="The pattern of the game could have been different if Anthony Pilkington had taken one of two chances either side of United's opener.
    But the Norwich winger shot wide when clean through and saw another effort hit the post on 75 minutes.}}

    singer

    English

    Etymology 1

    (sing).

    Noun

    (wikipedia singer) (en noun)
  • Person who sings, is able to sing, or earns a living by singing.
  • (square dance) dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure. See square dance singer.
  • Derived terms
    * opera singer

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who, or device which, singes; a machine for singeing cloth.
  • Anagrams

    * English agent nouns ----