The difference between Guard and Wing
When used as nouns, guard means a person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something, whereas wing means an appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
When used as verbs, guard means to protect from danger, whereas wing means to injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.
check bellow for the other definitions of Guard and Wing
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Guard as a noun:
A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
Examples:
"The prison guard unlocked the door of the cell. After completing the repairs, he replaced the sump guard."
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Guard as a noun (Ireland):
A garda; a police officer.
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Guard as a noun (military):
A squad responsible for protecting something.
Examples:
"The president inspected the guard of honour."
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Guard as a noun:
The part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand
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Guard as a noun:
A part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts.
Examples:
"The motorcycle mechanic removed the damaged chain guard."
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Guard as a noun (Australia):
A panel of a car that encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
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Guard as a noun (basketball):
A relatively short player, playing farther from the basket than a forward or center.
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Guard as a noun (cricket):
The position on the popping crease where a batsman makes a mark to align himself with the wicket; see take guard.
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Guard as a noun (American football):
Either of two offensive positions between the center and each of the offensive tackles, whose main responsibilities are to protect the quarterback, and open up "holes" through which offensive players can run.
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Guard as a noun (sports):
A player playing a position named guard.
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Guard as a noun (rail):
An employee, normally travelling in the last vehicle of a train, responsible for the safety of the train.
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Guard as a noun (computing, programming):
A Boolean expression that must evaluate to true for a branch of program execution to continue.
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Guard as a verb:
To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.
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Guard as a verb:
To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.
Examples:
"Guard the prisoner."
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Guard as a verb:
To watch by way of caution or defense; to be caution; to be in a state or position of defense or safety.
Examples:
"Careful people guard against mistakes."
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Guard as a verb:
To protect the edge of, especially with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
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Guard as a verb:
To fasten by binding; to gird.
Examples:
"rfquotek Ben Jonson"
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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
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Wing as a noun (slang):
Human arm.
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Wing as a noun (aviation):
Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
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Wing as a noun:
One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
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Wing as a noun:
One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
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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.
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Wing as a noun (botany):
Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
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Wing as a noun:
A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
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Wing as a noun:
Passage by flying; flight.
Examples:
"to take wing"
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Wing as a noun:
Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
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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"
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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.
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Wing as a noun:
An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
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Wing as a noun:
A cosmetic effect where eyeliner curves outward and ends at a point.
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Wing as a noun:
A fraction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
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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.
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Wing as a noun (British):
A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
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Wing as a noun (nautical):
A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
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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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Wing as a noun (sports):
A position in several field games on either side of the field.
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Wing as a noun (sports):
A player occupying such a position, also called a winger
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Wing as a noun (typography, informal, rare):
A .
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Wing as a noun (theater):
One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.
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Wing as a noun (in the plural):
The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.
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Wing as a noun:
A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides.
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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."
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Wing as a verb (transitive):
To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.
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Wing as a verb (intransitive):
To fly.
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Wing as a verb (transitive, of a building):
To add a wing (extra part) to.
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Wing as a verb (transitive):
To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.
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Wing as a verb (transitive):
To throw.