Difference between Wind and Wrap

What is the difference between Wind and Wrap?

Wind as a verb is to blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound. while Wrap as a verb is to enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.

Wind

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound. To cause (someone) to become breathless, often by a blow to the abdomen. To exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath. To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something. To tighten the spring of the clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock. To travel, or to cause something to travel, in a way that is not straight.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure. The ability to exert oneself without feeling short of breath. One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements). Flatus.

Example sentence: Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.

Wrap

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping. A prerequisite to constriction in snakes.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A garment that one wraps around the body to keep oneself warm.A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a pancake.

Example sentence: Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round.

We hope you now know whether to use Wind or Wrap in your sentence.

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