wind vs draught

draught vs wind

wind and draught both are nouns.

wind and draught both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wind	Yes	No	Yes	No
draught	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, draught is a hyponym of wind; that is, draught is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wind:

wind: air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
draught: a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle)

Other hyponyms of wind include airstream, calm, calm air, air, breeze, gentle wind, zephyr, chinook, chinook wind, snow eater, harmattan, crosswind, foehn, fohn, khamsin, Santa Ana, high wind, headwind, catabatic wind, katabatic wind, tailwind, doldrums, languor, east wind, easter, easterly, northwest wind, northwester, sou'wester, southwester, sou'easter, southeaster, gale, blast, blow, gust, monsoon, monsoon, boreas, north wind, norther, northerly, prevailing wind, samiel, simoom, simoon, south wind, souther, southerly, squall, thermal, draft, west wind, wester.

wind (noun)	draught (noun)
breath	the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling
a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus	a large and hurried swallow
a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath	a dose of liquid medicine
an indication of potential opportunity	the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded)
empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk	a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure	a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle)
a tendency or force that influences events
the act of winding or twisting

wind (verb)	draught (verb)
coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem	make a blueprint of
form into a wreath
raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
arrange or coil around
to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
extend in curves and turns
catch the scent of; get wind of

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