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Wons vs Cons - What's the difference?

wons | cons |

As verbs the difference between wons and cons

is that wons is (won) while cons is (computing) to obtain a list from a cons or a nesting of conses; to prepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending or cons can be (con).

As a noun cons is

or cons can be (computing) a data structure in lisp that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists.

wons

English

Verb

(head)
  • (won)
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    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) *

    cons

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (head)
  • Etymology 2

    Abbreviation of construct .

    Noun

    (conses)
  • (computing) A data structure in LISP that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists.
  • Synonyms
    * cons cell

    Verb

    (es)
  • (computing) To obtain a list from a cons or a nesting of conses; to prepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending.
  • In addition to specifying the whole list at once using square brackets and commas, you can build them up piece by piece using the (:) operator. This process is often referred to as consing.

    Etymology 3

    Verb

    (head)
  • (con)
  • ----