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Coil vs Corkscrew - What's the difference?

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Coil is a related term of corkscrew.


As nouns the difference between coil and corkscrew

is that coil is something wound in the form of a helix or spiral or coil can be a noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil while 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.

As verbs the difference between coil and corkscrew

is that coil is to wind or reel eg a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece while corkscrew is to wind or twist in the manner of a corkscrew; to move with much horizontal and vertical shifting.

As an adjective corkscrew is

having the tightly winding shape of a corkscrew.

coil

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) ; compare legend.

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
    • the sinuous coils of a snake
  • * Washington Irving
    • The wild grapevines that twisted their coils from tree to tree.
  • Any intra-uterine contraceptive device (Abbreviation: IUD )—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
  • (electrical) A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
  • (figurative) Entanglement; perplexity.
    • Synonyms
    * (coil of conductive wire) inductor
    Derived terms
    * coil spring * impedance coil * mosquito coil * Oudin coil * Tesla coil

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
    • A simple transformer can be made by coiling two pieces of insulated copper wire around an iron heart.
  • To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
    • The sailor coiled the free end of the hawser on the pier.
  • To wind cylindrically or spirally.
    • to coil a rope when not in use
    The snake coiled itself before springing.
  • (obsolete, rare) To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.

    • Etymology 2

    Origin unknown.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.
  • * 1594 , William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus , Act III:
    • If the windes rage, doth not the Sea wax mad, / Threatning the welkin with his big-swolne face? / And wilt thou haue a reason for this coile ?
  • * 1624 , John Smith, Generall Historie , in Kupperman 1988, p. 162:
    • this great Savage desired also to see him. A great coyle there was to set him forward.
  • * 1704 , Jonathan Swift, A Tale of a Tub :
    • they continued so extremely fond of gold, that if Peter sent them abroad, though it were only upon a compliment, they would roar, and spit, and belch, and piss, and f—t, and snivel out fire, and keep a perpetual coil , till you flung them a bit of gold [...].
    Quotations
    * (English Citations of "coil")
    Derived terms
    * mortal coil

    External links

    * *

    Anagrams

    * ----

    corkscrew

    English

    Noun

  • An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.
    • I opened the wine with a corkscrew .
  • * {{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 citation
    • , 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 citation
    • , passage=
  • (amusement rides) A type of inversion used in roller coasters.
  • * {{quote-news, 1987, September, Tim Cole, Killer Coasters, Popular Mechanics citation
    • , passage=A corkscrew has a 90° turn just prior to the loop and a 90° turn just afterward.}}

    Synonyms

    * (implement for opening bottles) bottle screw, cork puller

    Hypernyms

    * bottle opener

    Coordinate terms

    * (other types of bottle opener) church key, wine key

    Hyponyms

    * (types of corkscrew bottle opener) waiter's friend; wing corkscrew; butler's friend

    Derived terms

    * corkscrewlike * corkscrewy * corkscrew flower * corkscrew grass * corkscrew stroke

    External links

    * (wikipedia "corkscrew")

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having the tightly winding shape of a corkscrew.
  • * 1841 , , chapter I
    • 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.
  • * 1885 ,
    • 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) helical

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To wind or twist in the manner of a corkscrew; to move with much horizontal and vertical shifting.
  • * 1832 , , chapter 35
    • 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.
  • * 1916 , , chapter 10
    • The street corkscrewed endlessly. Sometimes it seemed to stop; then it found a hole in the opposing masonry and edged its way in.
  • * 1960 , , chapter 5:
    • Far off to starboard an Atlantic liner, all lights blazing, came towards us, corkscrewing with a motion which must have left the passengers unhappy.
  • To cause something to twist or move in a spiral path or shape.
  • * 1851 , , chapter 134:
    • 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.
  • * 2006 , Rocky Raab, Baggy Zero Four , page 155:
    • Rusty corkscrewed the plane back down again, but instead of mashing the throttles to the wall, he pulled them to idle.
  • * 2007 , Mike Monahan, Barracuda , page 107:
    • Soon he was corkscrewed into place, suspended from the ceiling in an impossible maze of unforgiving circuitry.
  • To extract information or consent from someone.
  • * 1852 , , Chapter 55:
    • 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.
  • * 1922 , , in Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry [http://books.google.com/books?id=lFYQAAAAIAAJ], page 460:
    • 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.

    Synonyms

    * (move in a corkscrew path) spiral