Is there any difference between "play it by ear" and "wing it"?

"Play it by the ear" seems more like knowing you are crossing a line but not too dastardly to cross back into to the rules and regulations if someone says you should not be doing that. A slow and go, to see what comes of it.


A "Wing it" is saying fuck the rules and running head long into whatever it is you are going to do with reckless abandon.