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Won vs Wok - What's the difference?

won | wok |

As a pronoun won

is he.

As a noun wok is

a large, oriental, round-bottomed cooking pan.

As a verb wok is

to prepare oriental cuisine using a wok .

won

English

(wikipedia won)

Etymology 1

* Past participle of (win), from (etyl) winnan.

Verb

(head)
  • (win)

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) wunian. Cognate with (etyl) wonen, (etyl) wohnen.

    Alternative forms

    * wone

    Verb

    (d)
  • To live, remain.
  • *1600 , (Edward Fairfax), The (Jerusalem Delivered) of (w), XII, xxxiii:
  • *:I long'd to leave this wand'ring pilgrimage, / And in my native soil again to won .
  • To be accustomed to do something.

    • Etymology 3

    (etyl) ).

    Noun

    (won)
  • The currency of Korea, making 100 jun in North Korea and 100 jeon in South Korea.

    • Synonyms

    *

    See also

    * (North Korean won) * (South Korean won) * (Korean won) * * , ch?n, jeon) *

    Anagrams

    * * English heteronyms English invariant nouns English irregular past participles English irregular simple past forms ----

    wok

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A large, oriental, round-bottomed cooking pan.

    • Verb

  • To prepare oriental cuisine using a wok.

    • See also

    * stir-fry ----