Nod vs. Wink — What's the Difference?

To lower and raise the head quickly, as in agreement or acknowledgment.

A wink is a facial expression made by briefly closing one eye. A wink is an informal mode of non-verbal communication usually signaling shared hidden knowledge or intent.

To let the head fall forward when sleepy.

Close and open one eye quickly, typically to indicate that something is a joke or a secret or as a signal of affection or greeting

To be careless or momentarily inattentive as if sleepy; lapse

(of a bright object or a light) shine or flash intermittently

To sway, move up and down, or droop, as flowers in the wind.

An act of winking

To lower and raise (the head) quickly in agreement or acknowledgment.

To close and open the eyelid of one eye deliberately, as to convey a message, signal, or suggestion.

To express by lowering and raising the head

To close and open the eyelids of both eyes; blink.

To summon, guide, or send by nodding the head

To shine fitfully; twinkle

A forward or up-and-down movement of the head, usually expressive of drowsiness or agreement

To close and open (an eye or the eyes) rapidly.

An indication of approval or assent

To signal or express by winking

(Informal) A nomination for an award.

The act of winking.

(ambitransitive) To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.

A signal or hint conveyed by winking.

(ambitransitive) To briefly incline the head downwards as a cursory greeting.

The very brief time required for a wink; an instant.

(ambitransitive) To sway, move up and down.

A quick closing and opening of the eyelids; a blink.

(intransitive) To gradually fall asleep.

A gleam or twinkle.

(transitive) To signify by a nod.

(Informal) A brief period of sleep.

(intransitive) To make a mistake by being temporarily inattentive or tired

To close one's eyes in sleep.

To head; to strike the ball with one's head.

(intransitive) To close one's eyes.

To allude to something.

(intransitive) Usually followed by at: to look the other way, to turn a blind eye.

To fall asleep while under the influence of opiates.

(intransitive) To close one's eyes quickly and involuntarily; to blink.

An instance of inclining the head up and down, as to indicate agreement, or as a cursory greeting.

To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)

A reference or allusion to something.

(intransitive) To gleam fitfully or intermitently; to twinkle; to flicker.

A nomination.

An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.

(figurative) Approval.

A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.

To bend or incline the upper part, with a quick motion; as, nodding plumes.

A brief time; an instant.

To incline the head with a quick motion; to make a slight bow; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness, with the head; as, to nod at one.

The smallest possible amount.

To be careless or inattentive; to make a mistake from lack of attention.

A subtle allusion.

To be drowsy or dull; to doze off, especially while in a sitting position; as, half the class nodded while the professor droned on.

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To incline or bend, as the head or top; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness with; as, to nod the head.

Synonym of periwinkle

To signify by a nod; as, to nod approbation.

To nod; to sleep; to nap.

To cause to bend.

To shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a quick motion.

A dropping or bending forward of the upper part or top of anything.

To close and open the eyelids quickly; to nictitate; to blink.

A quick or slight downward or forward motion of the head, in assent, in familiar salutation, in drowsiness, or in giving a signal, or a command; as, a nod of approval.

To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of one eye only.

A sign of assent or salutation or command

To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to connive at anything; to be tolerant; - generally with at.

The act of nodding the head

To be dim and flicker; as, the light winks.

Express or signify by nodding;

To cause (the eyes) to wink.

Lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation;

The act of closing, or closing and opening, the eyelids quickly; hence, the time necessary for such an act; a moment.

Let the head fall forward through drowsiness;

A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast.

Sway gently back and forth, as is in a nodding motion;

A very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat);

Be almost asleep;

Closing one eye quickly as a signal

A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

Signal by winking;

Gleam or glow intermittently;

Briefly shut the eyes;

Force to go away by blinking;