Winnowing vs Winnower - What's the difference?
winnowing | winnower |
The act of separating chaff from grain.
* (William Bridge)
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 20, author=Thomas C. Cooper, title=How Green Is My Garden?, work=New York Times
, passage=At first I tried to handle the seasonal winnowings with a large three-bin compost device. }}
As nouns the difference between winnowing and winnower
is that winnowing is the act of separating chaff from grain while winnower is a person who winnows.As a verb winnowing
is .winnowing
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- If God doth suffer his own people and dearest children to be exposed to Satan's temptings and winnowings ; Why should any man then doubt of his childship, doubt of his own everlasting condition, and say, that he is none of the child of God because he is tempted?
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