Entwine vs Writhe - What's the difference?
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To twist or twine around something (or one another).
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To contort (a part of the body).
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*:Cicero (as I remember) had gotten a custome to wryth his nose, which signifieth a naturall scoffer.
To twist or contort the body; to be distorted.
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Entwine is a related term of writhe.
As verbs the difference between entwine and writhe
is that entwine is to twist or twine around something (or one another) while writhe is to twist, to wring (something).As a noun writhe is
(knot theory) the number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot.entwine
English
Alternative forms
* (l)Verb
(entwin)- entwined in duskier wreaths her braided locks
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Usage notes
Particularly used in attributive form entwined. Often used interchangeably with intertwine, with minor usage distinctions. In symmetric sense of two things twining around each other, such as the branches of two trees, narrower (term) may be preferred, but these are not strictly distinguished. In asymmetric sense of one thing twined in or around another – rather than mutually – such as a vine twined around a tree (but tree not twined around the vine), entwined is preferred.Synonyms
* (twine around one another) (l)writhe
English
Verb
Everton 0-2 Liverpool, passage=The game was engulfed in controversy when Rodwell appeared to win the ball cleanly in a midfield challenge with Suarez. The tackle drew an angry response from Liverpool's players- Lucas in particular as Suarez writhed in agony - but it was an obvious injustice when the England Under-21 midfielder was shown the red card.}} (Webster 1913)
