Difference between Flank and Wing

What is the difference between Flank and Wing?

Flank as a verb is to attack the flank(s) of something. while Wing as a verb is to injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the arm.

Flank

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Maximum (of speed). Historically faster than full speed (the most a vessel can sustain without excessive engine wear or risk of damage), now frequently used interchangeably. Typically used in an emergency or during an attack (All ahead flank!).

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To attack the flank(s) of something. To defend the flank(s) of something. To place to the side(s) of something. To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side.)

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The flesh between the last rib and the hip; the side. A cut of meat from the flank of an animal. The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc. The side of something, in general senses. The outermost strip of a road.

Wing

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the arm.To fly.(Of a building) To add a wing (extra part) to.wing it: To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.Human arm.Part of an airplane that produces the lift for rising into the air.Part of a building, an extension from the main buildingPart of a huge room.A fraction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.An organizational grouping in a military aviation service:# A unit of command consisting of two or more squadrons and itself being a sub-unit of a group or station.# A larger formation of two or more groups, which in turn control two or more squadrons.A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.A position in several field games on either side of the field.

Example sentence: Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

We hope you now know whether to use Flank or Wing in your sentence.

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