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Circuitous vs Twisting - What's the difference?

circuitous | twisting | Synonyms |

Circuitous is a synonym of twisting.


As adjectives the difference between circuitous and twisting

is that circuitous is not direct or to the point while twisting is having many twists.

As a verb twisting is

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As a noun twisting is

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circuitous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not direct or to the point.
  • Of a long and winding route.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing.}}

    Synonyms

    * (not direct): indirect * (of a winding route): roundabout

    twisting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=August 23, author=Alexander Star, title=Richard Poirier: A Man of Good Reading, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Tracing Emerson’s famous twistings and turnings, Mr. Poirier argued that even when he seemed most complacent
  • * 1984 , Theodore R. Sizer, Horace's Compromise: The Dilemma of the American High School
    • She was oblivious of all around her, and her facial twistings and scrunchings were droll.

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Having many twists
    • The mountain road is even more twisting than the valley road.