Corkscrew vs Bottlescrew - What's the difference?
corkscrew | bottlescrew |
An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.
* {{quote-book, 1720, , chapter=The Bottle-Scrue, Poems on Several Occasions, page=113, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=Uw8UAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA113
, passage=There stood presented to his sight, Or seem'd to stand, the God of wine,
* {{quote-journal, 1999, James Lighthill, Biofluiddynamics: A Survey, Contemporary Mathematics, volume=141, page=11, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=nCvG2t02114C&pg=PA11
, passage=A corkscrew is designed so that when it is turned it creates effectively a helical undulation pushing it into the cork, whereas rotation in the opposite sense pulls it out.}}
* {{quote-book, 2006, Costas Katsigris & Chris Thomas, The Bar and Beverage Book, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=gtKOyU9ci1MC&pg=PA152, page=152, edition=4th ed.
, passage=A two-prong or ah-so corkscrew with sheath.}}
The screw-shaped worm of a typical corkscrew.
* {{quote-book, 1898, , First Principles of a New System of Philosophy
, passage=A bubble rising rapidly in water describes a spiral closely resembling a corkscrew .}}
(boxing, martial arts) A type of sharp, twisting punch, often one thrown close and from the side.
* {{quote-book, 2002, Darin Strauss, The Real McCoy, page=42
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(amusement rides) A type of inversion used in roller coasters.
* {{quote-news, 1987, September, Tim Cole, Killer Coasters, Popular Mechanics
, passage=A corkscrew has a 90° turn just prior to the loop and a 90° turn just afterward.}}
Having the tightly winding shape of a corkscrew.
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To wind or twist in the manner of a corkscrew; to move with much horizontal and vertical shifting.
* 1832 , , chapter 35
* 1916 , , chapter 10
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To cause something to twist or move in a spiral path or shape.
* 1851 , , chapter 134:
* 2006 , Rocky Raab, Baggy Zero Four ,
* 2007 , Mike Monahan, Barracuda ,
To extract information or consent from someone.
* 1852 , , Chapter 55:
* 1922 , , in Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry [http://books.google.com/books?id=lFYQAAAAIAAJ], page 460:
As nouns the difference between corkscrew and bottlescrew
is that corkscrew is an implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm while bottlescrew is corkscrew.As an adjective corkscrew
is having the tightly winding shape of a corkscrew.As a verb corkscrew
is to wind or twist in the manner of a corkscrew; to move with much horizontal and vertical shifting.corkscrew
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Noun
- I opened the wine with a corkscrew .
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Synonyms
* (implement for opening bottles) bottle screw, cork pullerHypernyms
* bottle openerCoordinate terms
* (other types of bottle opener) church key, wine keyHyponyms
* (types of corkscrew bottle opener) waiter's friend; wing corkscrew; butler's friendDerived terms
* corkscrewlike * corkscrewy * corkscrew flower * corkscrew grass * corkscrew strokeExternal links
* (wikipedia "corkscrew")Adjective
(-)- Then the old gentleman spun himself round with velocity in the opposite direction, continued to spin until his long cloak was all wound neatly about him, clapped his cap on his head, very much on one side (for it could not stand upright without going through the ceiling), gave an additional twist to his corkscrew mustaches, and replied with perfect coolness.
- All the heat of a decade of fierce Indian summers is stored in the pitch-black, polished walls of the corkscrew staircase.
Synonyms
* (having a tightly winding shape) helicalVerb
(en verb)- Into the tea–room Mr. Pickwick turned; and catching sight of him, Mr. Bantam corkscrewed his way through the crowd and welcomed him with ecstasy.
- The street corkscrewed endlessly. Sometimes it seemed to stop; then it found a hole in the opposing masonry and edged its way in.
- Far off to starboard an Atlantic liner, all lights blazing, came towards us, corkscrewing with a motion which must have left the passengers unhappy.
- Caught and twisted—corkscrewed in the mazes of the line, loose harpoons and lances, with all their bristling barbs and points, came flashing and dripping up to the chocks in the bows of Ahab’s boat.
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- Rusty corkscrewed the plane back down again, but instead of mashing the throttles to the wall, he pulled them to idle.
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- Soon he was corkscrewed into place, suspended from the ceiling in an impossible maze of unforgiving circuitry.
- I strongly suspect (from what Small has dropped, and from what we have corkscrewed out of him) that those letters I was to have brought to your ladyship were not destroyed when I supposed they were.
- Yes, I believe you did after it was corkscrewed out of you, but I got the impression at the outset that you were, just as willing to let it stand there.