Winced vs Zinced - What's the difference?
winced | zinced |
(wince)
A sudden movement or gesture of shrinking away.
A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment at will.
To flinch as if in pain or distress.
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, title=The Norwich Victims, chapter=7/2 To wash (cloth), dip it in dye, etc., with the use of a wince.
To kick or flounce when unsteady or impatient.
(zinc)
a chemical element (symbol Zn) with an atomic number of 30.
(rare) To electroplate with zinc.
(rare) To coat with sunblock incorporating zinc oxide.
As verbs the difference between winced and zinced
is that winced is past tense of wince while zinced is past tense of zinc.winced
English
Verb
(head)wince
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(winc)- I will not stir, nor wince , nor speak a word.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“Perhaps it is because I have been excommunicated. It's absurd, but I feel like the Jackdaw of Rheims.” ¶ She winced and bowed her head. Each time that he spoke flippantly of the Church he caused her pain.}}
citation, passage=The two Gordon setters came obediently to heel. Sir Oswald Feiling winced as he turned to go home. He had felt a warning twinge of lumbago.}}