Sway
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon. A rocking or swinging motion. Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side; as, the sway of desires. Preponderance; turn or cast of balance. Rule; dominion; control. A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work. The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock. To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter. To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Cf. persuade To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind To hoist To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline. To have weight or influence. To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
Example sentence: The fact is that you're never gonna believe any of the reviews, because the movie is to you what it is to you. No one's ever gonna sway you from what you feel about it.
Swing
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The manner in which something is swung.A hanging seat in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.A dance style.The genre of music associated with this dance style.The amount of change towards or away from something.Particularly, the increase or decrease in the number of votes in an election for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.The diameter that a lathe can cut.In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles. See understudy.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To move backward and forward, especially rotating about or hanging from a fixed point.To dance.To ride on a swing.To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.To hang from the gallows.(of a ball) to move sideways in its trajectory.To fluctuate or change.To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.(of a bowler) to make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
Example sentence: You've got to be rich to have a swing like that.