wrest |
false |
As a verb wrest
is to pull or twist violently.
As a noun wrest
is the act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion.
As an adjective false is
(
label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.
pry |
wrest |
As an adverb pry
is allegedly.
As a verb wrest is
to pull or twist violently.
As a noun wrest is
the act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion.
wrest |
give |
As verbs the difference between wrest and give
is that
wrest is to pull or twist violently while
give is (may take two objects) to move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
As nouns the difference between wrest and give
is that
wrest is the act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion while
give is (uncountable) the amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it.
wrest |
jerk |
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between wrest and jerk
is that
wrest is (obsolete) active or motive power while
jerk is (obsolete) to flout with contempt.
As verbs the difference between wrest and jerk
is that
wrest is to pull or twist violently while
jerk is to make a sudden uncontrolled movement or
jerk can be to cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.
As nouns the difference between wrest and jerk
is that
wrest is the act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion while
jerk is a sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body or
jerk can be (caribbean) a rich, spicy jamaican marinade.
worse |
wrest |
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between worse and wrest
is that
worse is (obsolete) loss; disadvantage; defeat while
wrest is (obsolete) active or motive power.
As verbs the difference between worse and wrest
is that
worse is (obsolete|transitive) to make worse; to put at disadvantage; to discomfit while
wrest is to pull or twist violently.
As nouns the difference between worse and wrest
is that
worse is (obsolete) loss; disadvantage; defeat while
wrest is the act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion.
As an adjective worse
is (
bad).
As an adverb worse
is .
wrest |
pervert |
Related terms |
Wrest is a related term of pervert.
As verbs the difference between wrest and pervert
is that
wrest is to pull or twist violently while
pervert is to turn another way; to divert.
As nouns the difference between wrest and pervert
is that
wrest is the act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion while
pervert is (dated) one who has been perverted; one who has turned to error; one who has turned to a twisted sense of values or morals.
wrest |
steal |
As verbs the difference between wrest and steal
is that
wrest is to pull or twist violently while
steal is (
lb) to take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else.
As nouns the difference between wrest and steal
is that
wrest is the act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion while
steal is the act of stealing.
wrest |
wrestling |
As verbs the difference between wrest and wrestling
is that
wrest is to pull or twist violently while
wrestling is .
As nouns the difference between wrest and wrestling
is that
wrest is the act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion while
wrestling is a sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points.
pillage |
wrest |
As verbs the difference between pillage and wrest
is that
pillage is (ambitransitive) to loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war while
wrest is to pull or twist violently.
As nouns the difference between pillage and wrest
is that
pillage is the spoils of war while
wrest is the act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion.
wrest |
yank |
As nouns the difference between wrest and yank
is that
wrest is the act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion while
yank is (us) a yankee, a northerner: someone from the northern united states, especially from new england.
As a verb wrest
is to pull or twist violently.
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