Crying vs. Wining

Crying vs. Wining — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Crying and Wining

Cryingadjective

That cries.

The crying child on the street was evidently lost.

Winingverb

present participle of wine

Cryingadjective

That demands action or attention.

There is a crying need for more manual workers in this country.

Winingnoun

A session of drinking wine socially.

Cryingadjective

That deserves rebuke or censure.

It is a crying shame that he managed to get away with that!

Cryingnoun

The act of one who cries; a weeping or shouting.

Their constant cryings kept us awake!
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Cryingnoun

the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds);

I hate to hear the crying of a childshe was in tears

Cryingadjective

noisy with or as if with loud cries and shouts;

a crying mass of riotersa howling windshouting fansthe yelling fiend

Cryingadjective

demanding attention;

clamant needsa crying needregarded literary questions as exigent and momentousinsistent hungeran instant need

Cryingadjective

conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible;

a crying shamean egregious lieflagrant violation of human rightsa glaring errorgross ineptitudegross injusticerank treachery