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Toiled vs Coiled - What's the difference?

toiled | coiled |

As verbs the difference between toiled and coiled

is that toiled is (toil) while coiled is (coil).

As an adjective coiled is

in the form of coils; having coils.

toiled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (toil)
    • ----

    toil

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • labour, work
  • * 1908:
    • ...he set to work again and made the snow fly in all directions around him. After some further toil his efforts were rewarded, and a very shabby door-mat lay exposed to view.
  • trouble, strife
  • A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; usually in the plural.
  • * Denham
    • As a Numidian lion, when first caught, / Endures the toil that holds him.
  • * Dryden
    • Then toils for beasts, and lime for birds, were found.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To labour; work.
  • To struggle.
  • To work (something); often with out .
  • * Holland
    • places well toiled and husbanded
  • * Milton
    • [I] toiled out my uncouth passage.
  • To weary through excessive labour.
  • * Shakespeare
    • toiled with works of war

    Synonyms

    * , (l)

    See also

    * toil and moil

    Anagrams

    * ----

    coiled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (coil)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • In the form of coils; having coils.
    • a coiled serpent
  • Prepared and poised to act, as a snake that has coiled its lower body so it can strike
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 9 , author=Jonathan Wilson , title=Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=Two first-half goals from the Colombian forward Radamel Falcao won the game, allowing Atlético to spend the final hour or so sitting deep, coiled always for a breakaway.}}

    Synonyms

    * looped

    Anagrams

    * *