Braid vs Sinuous - What's the difference?
braid | sinuous |
(obsolete) To make a sudden movement with, to jerk.
(archaic) To start into motion.
To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.
* Milton
To mix, or make uniformly soft, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in preparing food.
(obsolete) To reproach; to upbraid.
(obsolete) A sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench.
*, Bk.XII, ch.ii:
*:And than in a brayde Sir Launcelot brake hys chaynes of hys legges and of hys armys (and in the brakynge he hurte hys hondys sore).
:(Sackville)
A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration.
A fancy; freak; caprice.
:
(obsolete) deceitful
* Shakespeare
Having curves in alternate directions; meandering.
:We followed every bend of the sinuous river.
Moving gracefully and supplely.
:We were entranced by her sinuous dance.
As adjectives the difference between braid and sinuous
is that braid is (obsolete) deceitful while sinuous is having curves in alternate directions; meandering.As a verb braid
is (obsolete|transitive) to make a sudden movement with, to jerk.As a noun braid
is (obsolete) a sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench.braid
English
(wikipedia braid)Etymology 1
From (etyl) braiden, breiden, .Alternative forms
* brayde (obsolete), breyde (obsolete)Verb
- Braid your locks with rosy twine.
- (Shakespeare)
Noun
(en noun)External links
* * * (commonslite)Etymology 2
Adjective
(en adjective)- Since Frenchmen are so braid , / Marry that will, I live and die a maid.
