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Twirl vs Spice - What's the difference?

twirl | spice |

In transitive terms the difference between twirl and spice

is that twirl is to rotate rapidly while spice is to add spice or spices to.

As nouns the difference between twirl and spice

is that twirl is a movement where one spins round elegantly; a pirouette while spice is plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavour food.

As verbs the difference between twirl and spice

is that twirl is to perform a twirl while spice is to add spice or spices to.

twirl

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A movement where one spins round elegantly; a pirouette.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To perform a twirl.
  • To rotate rapidly.
  • * Dodsley
  • See ruddy maids, / Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel.
  • * Byron
  • No more beneath soft eve's consenting star / Fandango twirls his jocund castanet.

    References

    spice

    English

    (wikipedia spice)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) espice (modern .

    Noun

  • (countable, uncountable) Plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavour food.
  • (figurative, uncountable) Appeal, interest; an attribute that makes something appealing, interesting, or engaging.
  • (uncountable, Yorkshire) Sweets, candy.
  • (obsolete) Species; kind.
  • * Wyclif Bible, 1 Thessalonians v. 22
  • Abstain you from all evil spice .
  • * Sir T. Elyot
  • Justice, although it be but one entire virtue, yet is described in two kinds of spices . The one is named justice distributive, the other is called commutative.
    Hyponyms
    * See also
    Hypernyms
    * seasoning
    Coordinate terms
    * herb
    Derived terms
    * allspice * five-spice powder * herbs and spices * spiceberry * spicebush * spicery * spice up * spiciness * spicy * spicy tooth * variety is the spice of life

    Verb

    (spic)
  • To add spice or spices to.
  • Derived terms
    * spice up

    Etymology 2

    Formed by analogy with (mice) as the plural of (mouse) by .

    Noun

    (head)
  • (nonce word)
  • References

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    Anagrams

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