The difference between Snake and Wind

When used as nouns, snake means a legless reptile of the sub-order serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue, whereas wind means real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.

When used as verbs, snake means to follow or move in a winding route, whereas wind means to blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.

check bellow for the other definitions of Snake and Wind

  1. Snake as a noun:

    A legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue.

  2. Snake as a noun:

    A treacherous person.

  3. Snake as a noun:

    A tool for unclogging plumbing.

  4. Snake as a noun:

    A tool to aid cable pulling.

  5. Snake as a noun (slang):

    trouser snake; the penis

  6. Snake as a noun (maths):

    A series of Bézier curves

  7. Snake as a noun (cartomancy):

    The seventh Lenormand card.

  1. Snake as a verb (intransitive):

    To follow or move in a winding route.

    Examples:

    "The path snaked through the forest."

    "The river snakes through the valley."

  2. Snake as a verb (transitive, Australia, slang):

    To steal slyly.

    Examples:

    "He snaked my DVD!"

  3. Snake as a verb (transitive):

    To clean using a plumbing snake.

  4. Snake as a verb (US, informal):

    To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; often with out.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Bartlett"

  5. Snake as a verb (nautical):

    To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm.

  1. Wind as a noun (countable, uncountable):

    Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.

    Examples:

    "The wind blew through her hair as she stood on the deck of the ship."

    "As they accelerated onto the motorway, the wind tore the plywood off the car's roof-rack."

    "The winds in Chicago are fierce."

    "There was a sudden gust of wind''."

  2. Wind as a noun:

    Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.

    Examples:

    "the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows"

  3. Wind as a noun (countable, uncountable):

    The ability to breathe easily.

    Examples:

    "After the second lap he was already out of wind."

    "The fall knocked the wind out of him."

  4. Wind as a noun:

    News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip.

    Examples:

    "Steve caught wind of Martha's dalliance with his best friend."

  5. Wind as a noun (India, and, Japan):

    One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).

  6. Wind as a noun (uncountable, colloquial):

    Flatus.

    Examples:

    "Eww. Someone just passed wind."

  7. Wind as a noun:

    Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.

  8. Wind as a noun (music):

    The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.

  9. Wind as a noun:

    A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the "four winds".

  10. Wind as a noun:

    Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.

  11. Wind as a noun:

    A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.

  12. Wind as a noun:

    Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.

  13. Wind as a noun:

    A bird, the dotterel.

  14. Wind as a noun (boxing, slang):

    The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.

  1. Wind as a verb (transitive):

    To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.

  2. Wind as a verb (transitive):

    To cause (someone) to become breathless, often by a blow to the abdomen.

    Examples:

    "The boxer was winded during round two."

  3. Wind as a verb (reflexive):

    To exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath.

    Examples:

    "I can’t run another step — I’m winded."

  4. Wind as a verb (British):

    To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.

  5. Wind as a verb (transitive):

    To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.

  6. Wind as a verb (transitive):

    To perceive or follow by scent.

    Examples:

    "The hounds winded the game."

  7. Wind as a verb (transitive):

    To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.

  8. Wind as a verb (transitive):

    To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.

  1. Wind as a verb (transitive):

    To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.

    Examples:

    "to wind thread on a spool or into a ball"

  2. Wind as a verb (transitive):

    To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.

    Examples:

    "Please wind that old-fashioned alarm clock."

  3. Wind as a verb:

    To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.

  4. Wind as a verb (ergative):

    To travel, or to cause something to travel, in a way that is not straight.

    Examples:

    "Vines wind round a pole.  The river winds through the plain."

  5. Wind as a verb:

    To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.

  6. Wind as a verb:

    To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.

  7. Wind as a verb:

    To cover or surround with something coiled about.

    Examples:

    "to wind a rope with twine"

  8. Wind as a verb:

    To make a winding motion.

  1. Wind as a noun:

    The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.

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