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Winking vs Winding - What's the difference?

winking | winding |

As verbs the difference between winking and winding

is that winking is while winding is or winding can be .

As nouns the difference between winking and winding

is that winking is the act of one who winks while winding is something wound around something else or winding can be the act or process of winding (turning around).

As an adjective winding is

twisting, turning or sinuous.

winking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who winks.
  • * 1828 , The Harvard Register: no. I-XII, March, 1827-Feb. 1828 (page 153)
    • I have known some happy spirits, who could sit for hours, when no other amusement presented, and talk of the winkings and squintings, they had lately been so eagle-eyed, as to detect between some innocent couple

    winding

    English

    (wikipedia winding)

    Etymology 1

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    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • something wound around something else
  • the manner in which something is wound
  • one complete turn of something wound
  • (electrical) a length of wire wound around the core of an electrical transformer

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • twisting, turning or sinuous
  • spiral or helical

    • Etymology 2

    , as the wind was used to assist turning.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • the act or process of winding (turning around)

    • Derived terms

    (Winding hole) * winding hole

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