Winnow vs. Thresh — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Winnow and Thresh
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Winnow
To separate the chaff from (grain) by means of a current of air.
Thresh
To beat the stems and husks of (grain or cereal plants) with a machine or flail to separate the grains or seeds from the straw.
Winnow
To blow (chaff) off or away.
Thresh
To separate (grains or seeds) in this manner.
Winnow
To examine closely in order to separate the good from the bad; sift
The judges winnowed a thousand essays down to six finalists.
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Thresh
To discuss or examine (an issue, for example) repeatedly.
Winnow
To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate
Winnowing out the errors in logic.
Thresh
To beat severely; thrash.
Winnow
To sort or select (a desirable part); extract
The investigators winnowed the facts from the testimony.
Thresh
To use a machine or flail to separate grain or seeds from straw.
Winnow
To blow on; fan
A breeze winnowing the tall grass.
Thresh
To thrash about; toss.
Winnow
To separate grain from chaff.
Thresh
To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.
Winnow
To separate the good from the bad.
Thresh
To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub.
Winnow
A device for winnowing grain.
Thresh
To violently toss the limbs about.
Winnow
An act of winnowing.
Thresh
Same as Thrash.
He would thresh, and thereto dike and delve.
Winnow
To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.
Thresh
Move or stir about violently;
The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed
Winnow
To separate, sift, analyse, or test by separating items having different values.
They winnowed the field to twelve.
They winnowed the winners from the losers.
They winnowed the losers from the winners.
Thresh
Move like a flail; thresh about;
Her arms were flailing
Winnow
To blow upon or toss about by blowing; to set in motion as with a fan or wings.
Thresh
Beat the seeds out of a grain
Winnow
To move about with a flapping motion, as of wings; to flutter.
Thresh
Give a thrashing to; beat hard
Winnow
That which winnows or which is used in winnowing; a contrivance for fanning or winnowing grain.
Winnow
The act of winnowing
Winnow
To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain.
Ho winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing floor.
Winnow
To sift, as for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth; to separate, as bad from good.
Winnow well this thought, and you shall findThis light as chaff that flies before the wind.
Winnow
To beat with wings, or as with wings.
Now on the polar winds; then with quick fanWinnows the buxom air.
Winnow
To separate chaff from grain.
Winnow not with every wind.
Winnow
The act of separating grain from chaff;
The winnowing was done by women
Winnow
Separate from chaff;
She stood there winnowing grain all day in the field
Winnow
Blow on;
The wind was winnowing her hair
Winnow
Treat by exposure to a current of air so that waste matter is eliminated;
Winnow grain
Winnow
Remove by a current of air;
Winnow chaff
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