Winnow vs. Minnow — What's the Difference?

To separate the chaff from (grain) by means of a current of air.

Minnow is the common name for a number of species of small freshwater fish, belonging to several genera of the family Cyprinidae. They are also known in Ireland as pinkeens.Smaller fish in the subfamily Leuciscinae are considered by anglers to be "true" minnows.

To blow (chaff) off or away.

Any of a large group of small freshwater fishes of the family Cyprinidae, widely used as live bait.

To examine closely in order to separate the good from the bad; sift

Any of various other small, often silver-colored fishes.

To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate

A small freshwater fish of the carp family, Phoxinus phoxinus and related species.

To sort or select (a desirable part); extract

Any small fish.

To blow on; fan

A relatively small and insignificant person or thing of relatively little consequence, importance, or value. Synonyms: small fry, small potatoes, nobody, no one

To separate grain from chaff.

(fishing) To fish for minnows.

To separate the good from the bad.

(fishing) To fish (especially for trout) using a minnow as bait.

A device for winnowing grain.

A small European fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Phoxinus lævis, formerly Leuciscus phoxinus); sometimes applied also to the young of larger kinds; - called also minim and minny. The name is also applied to several allied American species, of the genera Phoxinus, Notropis, or Minnilus, and Rhinichthys.

An act of winnowing.

Any of numerous small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus, and related genera. They live both in fresh and in salt water. Called also killifish, minny, and mummichog.

To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.

Very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams

To separate, sift, analyse, or test by separating items having different values.

To blow upon or toss about by blowing; to set in motion as with a fan or wings.

To move about with a flapping motion, as of wings; to flutter.

That which winnows or which is used in winnowing; a contrivance for fanning or winnowing grain.

The act of winnowing

To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain.

To sift, as for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth; to separate, as bad from good.

To beat with wings, or as with wings.

To separate chaff from grain.

The act of separating grain from chaff;

Separate from chaff;

Blow on;

Treat by exposure to a current of air so that waste matter is eliminated;

Remove by a current of air;