Difference between Wink and Trice

What is the difference between Wink and Trice?

Wink as a verb is to close one's eyes. while Trice as a verb is to pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away.

Wink

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To close one's eyes. To turn a blind eye. To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion. To twinkle. To send an indication of agreement by winking.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking. A brief time; an instant. A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks. A disc used in the game of tiddlywinks.

Example sentence: Ultimately, it's not my job to judge the 'Housewives' - we don't editorialize on the show; we really leave it to the audience. We have a certain wink, which is the Bravo wink. We may linger on a shot or we may let something play out longer, but we leave it to you.

Trice

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A very short time; an instant; a moment; – now used only in the phrase in a trice.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away.To haul and tie up by means of a rope.

We hope you now know whether to use Wink or Trice in your sentence.

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