different between gaining vs winning

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?n??/

Verb

gaining

1. present participle of gain

Noun

gaining (plural gainings)

1. Gain; profit.
   • 1807, The London Medical and Physical Journal

     […] yet, when the Doctor was about it, he might as well have told the public, that my gainings were annually thirty thousand, instead of three […]

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w?n??/
• Rhymes: -?n??

Verb

winning

1. present participle of win

   Our horse was winning the race, but fell back just before the finish line.

Derived terms

• winnings

Adjective

winning (comparative more winning or winninger, superlative most winning or winningest)

1. That constitutes a win.

   the winning entry in the competition

   the winning lotto numbers

2. That leads to success.

   a winning formula, strategy, etc.

3. Attractive.

   a winning smile

Translations

Noun

winning (plural winnings)

1. The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition.
2. (chiefly in the plural) The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, especially in gambling.

   • Ye seeke land and sea for your winnings.

3. (mining) A new opening.
4. The portion of a coalfield out for working.

Related terms

See also

• winnings
• winningest

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch winninge, equivalent to winnen +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.n??/
• Hyphenation: win?ning
• Rhymes: -?n??

Noun

winning f (plural winningen, diminutive winninkje n)

1. acquisition, gain
2. extraction

Derived terms

• broodwinning
• oliewinning

Middle English

Noun

winning

1. Alternative form of wynnyng