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Winding vs. Windy — What's the Difference?

Winding vs. Windy — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Winding and Windy

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Winding

Something wound about a center or an object
An armature with its wire winding.

Windy

Characterized by or abounding in wind
A windy night.

Winding

The way in which something is wound.

Windy

Open to the wind; unsheltered
A windy terrace.

Winding

One complete turn of something wound
Two windings of electrical tape.
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Windy

Resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability
A windy dash homeward.

Winding

A curve or bend, as of a road.

Windy

Lacking substance; empty
Windy promises.

Winding

Twisting or turning; sinuous.

Windy

Given to or characterized by wearisome verbosity
A windy speaker.

Winding

Spiral.

Windy

Flatulent.

Winding

Present participle of wind

Windy

Accompanied by wind.
It was a long and windy night.

Winding

Present participle of wind

Windy

Unsheltered and open to the wind.
They shagged in a windy bus shelter.

Winding

Something wound around something else.

Windy

Empty and lacking substance.
They made windy promises they would not keep.

Winding

The manner in which something is wound.

Windy

Long-winded; orally verbose.

Winding

One complete turn of something wound.

Windy

(informal) Flatulent.
The Tex-Mex meal had made them somewhat windy.

Winding

Curving or bending movement, twists and turns.

Windy

(slang) Nervous, frightened.

Winding

(electrical) A length of wire wound around the core of an electrical transformer.

Windy

(of a path etc) Having many bends; winding, twisting or tortuous.

Winding

Lapping.

Windy

(colloquial) fart

Winding

The act or process of winding (turning a boat etc. around).

Windy

Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind.
Blown with the windy tempest of my heart.

Winding

Twisting, turning or sinuous.

Windy

Next the wind; windward.
It keeps on the windy side of care.

Winding

Spiral or helical.

Windy

Tempestuous; boisterous; as, windy weather.

Winding

A call by the boatswain's whistle.

Windy

Serving to occasion wind or gas in the intestines; flatulent; as, windy food.

Winding

A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream.
To nurse the saplings tall, and curl the groveWith ringlets quaint, and wanton windings wove.

Windy

Attended or caused by wind, or gas, in the intestines.

Winding

The material, as wire or rope, wound or coiled about anything, or a single round or turn of the material;

Windy

Fig.: Empty; airy.
Here's that windy applause, that poor, transitory pleasure, for which I was dishonored.

Winding

A line- or ribbon-shaped material (as wire, string, or bandaging) wound around an object; as, the windings (conducting wires) wound around the armature of an electric motor or generator.

Windy

Abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes;
Blowy weather
A windy bluff

Winding

Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.

Windy

Using or containing too many words;
Long-winded (or windy) speakers
Verbose and ineffective instructional methods
Newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials
Proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes

Winding

The act of winding or twisting;
He put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind

Winding

Marked by repeated turns and bends;
A tortuous road up the mountain
Winding roads are full of surprises
Had to steer the car down a twisty track

Winding

Of a path e.g.;
Meandering streams
Rambling forest paths
The river followed its wandering course
A winding country road

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