Fender vs. Wing — What's the Difference?

A guard over each wheel of a motor vehicle, for example, that is shaped and positioned so as to block the splashing of water or mud.

A wing is a type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid. Accordingly, wings have streamlined cross-sections that are subject to aerodynamic forces and act as airfoils.

A device at the front end of a locomotive or streetcar designed to push aside obstructions.

One of a pair of movable appendages used for flying, as the feather-covered modified forelimb of a bird or the skin-covered modified forelimb of a bat or pterosaur.

A cushioning device, such as a bundle of rope or a piece of timber, used on the side of a vessel or dock to absorb impact or friction.

One of the one or two pairs of membranous structures used for flying that extend from the thorax of an insect.

A screen or metal framework placed in front of a fireplace to keep hot coals and debris from falling out.

A structure or part used by an animal for gliding through the air, as the folds of skin of a flying squirrel or the enlarged pectoral fins of a flying fish.

(US) panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.

Wings An outspread pair of stylized bird's wings worn as insignia by qualified pilots or air crew members.

(US) a shield, usually of plastic or metal, on a bicycle that protects the rider from mud or water

An airfoil whose principal function is providing lift, especially either of two such airfoils symmetrically positioned on each side of the fuselage of an aircraft.

(nautical) any shaped cushion-like object normally made from polymers, rubber or wood that is placed along the sides of a boat to prevent damage when moored alongside another vessel or jetty, or when using a lock, etc. Modern variations are cylindrical although older wooden version and rubbing strips can still be found; old tyres are used as a cheap substitute

A thin or membranous extension, as of the fruit of a maple or ash, the seed of a pine, or the branches of a winged elm.

A low metal framework in front of a fireplace, intended to catch hot coals, soot, and ash

One of the lateral petals of the flower of certain plants in the pea family, such as the sweet pea.

(nautical) To use fenders to protect the side of a boat

The vane of a weathervane.

One who or that which defends or protects by warding off harm

The sail of a ship.

A barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud;

A folding section, as of a double door or of a movable partition.

An inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track

Either of the two side projections on the back of a wing chair.

A low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth

A flat of theatrical scenery projecting onto the stage from the side.

A cushion-like device that reduces shock due to contact

Chiefly British The fender of a motor vehicle.

A structure that forms an extended part of or is attached to a main structure

Either of the unseen backstage areas on the sides of the stage of a proscenium theater.

The act or manner of flying.

A means of flight or rapid movement

A group affiliated with or subordinate to an older or larger organization.

Either of two groups with opposing views within a larger group; a faction.

A section of a party, legislature, or community holding distinct, especially dissenting, political views

Either the left or right flank of an army or a naval fleet.

An air force unit larger than a group but smaller than a numbered air force or, formerly, than a division.

Either of the forward positions near the sides of the playing area, especially in hockey.

A player who plays this position.

To move swiftly through the air or on wings

To pass over or through with wings

To make (one's way) through the air or on wings

To carry or transport by flying

To furnish with wings

To feather (an arrow).

To throw or propel (a ball, for example) through the air.

To strike or wound in a wing or an appendage

To furnish with side or subordinate extensions, as a building or an altarpiece.

To say or do (something) without preparation or forethought; improvise

An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly

A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish

(slang) Human arm.

(aviation) Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.

One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.

One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.

(botany) Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.

(botany) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.

A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.

Passage by flying; flight.

Limb or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.

A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, such as an extension from the main building.

Anything that agitates the air as a wing does, or is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, such as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.

A protruding piece of material on a menstrual pad to hold it in place and prevent leakage.

An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.

A cosmetic effect where eyeliner curves outward and ends at a point.

A faction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.

An organizational grouping in a military aviation service:

(British) A unit of command consisting of two or more squadrons and itself being a sub-unit of a group or station.

(US) A larger formation of two or more groups, which in turn control two or more squadrons.

(British) A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.

(nautical) A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.

(nautical) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.

(sports) A position in several field games on either side of the field.

(sports) A player occupying such a position, also called a winger

A háček.

(theater) One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.

(in the plural) The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.

A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides.

On the enneagram, one of the two adjacent types to an enneatype that forms an individual's subtype of his or her enneatype.

(transitive) To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.

(intransitive) To fly.

To add a wing (extra part) to.

(transitive) To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.

(transitive) To throw.

(transitive) To furnish with wings.

(transitive) To transport with, or as if with, wings; to bear in flight, or speedily.

(transitive) To traverse by flying.

One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming.

Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying.

Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing.

Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.

Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.

An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.

Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance.

One of two corresponding appendages attached; a sidepiece.

Any surface used primarily for supporting a flying machine in flight, especially the flat or slightly curved planes on a heavier-than-air aircraft which provide most of the lift. In fixed-wing aircraft there are usually two main wings fixed on opposite sides of the fuselage. Smaller wings are typically placed near the tail primarily for stabilization, but may be absent in certain kinds of aircraft. Helicopters usually have no fixed wings, the lift being supplied by the rotating blade.

One of two factions within an organization, as a political party, which are opposed to each other; as, right wing or left wing.

An administrative division of the air force or of a naval air group, consisting of a certain number of airplanes and the personnel associated with them.

To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with celerity.

To supply with wings or sidepieces.

To transport by flight; to cause to fly.

To move through in flight; to fly through.

To cut off the wings of or to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird; also, [fig.] to wound the arm of a person.

A movable organ for flying (one of a pair)

One of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane

A stage area out of sight of the audience

A unit of military aircraft

The side of military or naval formation;

A hockey player stationed in a forward positin on either side

The wing of a fowl;

A barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud;

An addition that extends a main building

Travel through the air; be airborne;