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Indirect vs Twisting - What's the difference?

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Indirect is a related term of twisting.


As adjectives the difference between indirect and twisting

is that indirect is not direct; roundabout; deceiving; setting a trap; confusing while twisting is having many twists.

As a verb twisting is

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As a noun twisting is

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indirect

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not direct; roundabout; deceiving; setting a trap; confusing.
  • * '>citation
    • Indirect' messages permit communicative contacts when,
    without them, the alternatives would be total inhibition, si-
    lence, and solitude on the one hand, or, on the other, com-
    municative behavior that is direct, offensive, and hence
    forbidden. This is a painful choice. In actual practice, neither
    alternative is likely to result in the gratification of personal or
    sexual needs. In this dilemma, '     indirect     communications pro-
    vide a useful compromise. As an early move in the dating
    game, the young man might invite the young woman to dinner
    or to the movies. These communications are polyvalent: both
    the invitation and the response to it have several "levels" of
    meaning. One is the level of the overt message—that is,
    whether they will have dinner together, go to a movie, and so
    forth. Another, more covert, level pertains to the question of
    sexual activity: acceptance of the dinner invitation implies
    that sexual overtures might perhaps follow. Conversely, rejec-
    tion of the invitation means not only refusal of companionship
    for dinner but also of the possibility of further sexual explora-
    tion. There may be still other levels of meaning. For example,
    acceptance of the dinner invitation may be interpreted as a
    sign of personal or sexual worth and hence grounds for
    increased self-esteem, whereas its rejection may mean the
    opposite and generate feelings of worthlessness.

    Antonyms

    * direct

    Derived terms

    * indirect speech * indirect object

    Related terms

    * indirection

    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.