The difference between Forward and Wing

When used as nouns, forward means one of the eight players (comprising two props, one hooker, two locks, two flankers and one number eight, collectively known as the pack) whose primary task is to gain and maintain possession of the ball (compare back), whereas wing means an appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.

When used as verbs, forward means to advance, promote, whereas wing means to injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.


Forward is also adverb with the meaning: towards the front or from the front.

Forward is also adjective with the meaning: toward the front or at the front.

check bellow for the other definitions of Forward and Wing

  1. Forward as an adjective:

    Toward the front or at the front.

    Examples:

    "The fire was confined to the forward portion of the store."

    "the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a fleet"

  2. Forward as an adjective:

    Without customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy.

    Examples:

    "'1999: ''"Would you think it forward of me to kiss you?" asked Tristran.'' — Neil Gaiman, ''Stardust'', pg. 44 (2001 Perennial paperback edition)."

  3. Forward as an adjective (finance):

    Expected in the future.

    Examples:

    "The stock price is currently 12 times forward earnings."

  4. Forward as an adjective:

    Ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty.

  5. Forward as an adjective:

    Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious.

    Examples:

    "The grass is forward, or forward for the season. We have a forward spring."

  1. Forward as an adverb:

    Towards the front or from the front.

    Examples:

    "The bus driver told everyone standing up to move forward."

  2. Forward as an adverb:

    In the usual direction of travel.

    Examples:

    "After spending an hour stuck in the mud, we could once again move forward."

  3. Forward as an adverb:

    Into the future.

    Examples:

    "From this day forward, there will be no more brussels sprouts at the cafeteria."

  1. Forward as a verb (transitive):

    To advance, promote.

  2. Forward as a verb (transitive):

    To send (a letter, email etc.) to a third party.

    Examples:

    "I'll be glad to forward your mail to you while you're gone."

  3. Forward as a verb (transitive, bookbinding):

    To assemble (a book) by sewing sections, attaching cover boards, and so on.

  1. Forward as a noun (rugby):

    One of the eight players (comprising two props, one hooker, two locks, two flankers and one number eight, collectively known as the pack) whose primary task is to gain and maintain possession of the ball (compare back).

  2. Forward as a noun (soccer):

    A player on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.

  3. Forward as a noun (ice hockey):

    An umbrella term for a centre or winger in ice hockey.

  4. Forward as a noun (basketball):

    The small forward or power forward position; two frontcourt positions that are taller than guards but shorter than centers.

  5. Forward as a noun (nautical):

    The front part of a vessel.

  6. Forward as a noun (Internet):

    An e-mail message that is forwarded to another recipient or recipients; an electronic chain letter.

  1. Forward as a noun (dialectal, or, obsolete):

    Agreement; covenant.

  2. Forward as a noun:

  1. Wing as a noun:

    An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly; a similar fin at the side of a ray or similar fish

  2. Wing as a noun (slang):

    Human arm.

  3. Wing as a noun (aviation):

    Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.

  4. Wing as a noun:

    One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.

  5. Wing as a noun:

    One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.

  6. Wing as a noun (botany):

    Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.

  7. Wing as a noun (botany):

    Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.

  8. Wing as a noun:

    A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.

  9. Wing as a noun:

    Passage by flying; flight.

    Examples:

    "to take wing"

  10. Wing as a noun:

    Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.

  11. Wing as a noun:

    A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, such as an extension from the main building.

    Examples:

    "the west wing of the hospital"

    "the wings of a corkscrew"

  12. Wing as a noun:

    Anything that agitates the air as a wing does, or is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, such as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.

  13. Wing as a noun:

    An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.

  14. Wing as a noun:

    A cosmetic effect where eyeliner curves outward and ends at a point.

  15. Wing as a noun:

    A fraction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.

  16. Wing as a noun (British):

    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.

  17. Wing as a noun (British):

    A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.

  18. Wing as a noun (nautical):

    A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.

  19. Wing as a noun (nautical):

    That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.

    Examples:

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  20. Wing as a noun (sports):

    A position in several field games on either side of the field.

  21. Wing as a noun (sports):

    A player occupying such a position, also called a winger

  22. Wing as a noun (typography, informal, rare):

    A .

  23. Wing as a noun (theater):

    One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.

  24. Wing as a noun (in the plural):

    The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.

  25. Wing as a noun:

    A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides.

  26. Wing as a noun:

    On the Enneagram, one of the two adjacent types to an enneatype that forms an individual's subtype of his or her enneatype

    Examples:

    "Tom's a 4 on the Enneagram, with a 3 wing."

  1. Wing as a verb (transitive):

    To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.

  2. Wing as a verb (intransitive):

    To fly.

  3. Wing as a verb (transitive, of a building):

    To add a wing (extra part) to.

  4. Wing as a verb (transitive):

    To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.

  5. Wing as a verb (transitive):

    To throw.