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Towel vs Wipe - What's the difference?

towel | wipe |

As nouns the difference between towel and wipe

is that towel is a cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as a person after a bath while wipe is the act of wiping something or wipe can be the lapwing.

As verbs the difference between towel and wipe

is that towel is to hit with a towel while wipe is to move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface (cf rub).

towel

English

Noun

(wikipedia towel) (en noun)
  • A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as a person after a bath.
  • Derived terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l), (l), (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Verb

  • To hit with a towel.
  • To dry by using a towel.
  • He got out of the shower and toweled himself dry.
  • (UK, dialect, obsolete) To beat with a stick.
  • Derived terms

    * (l), (l) (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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    wipe

    English

    (wikipedia wipe)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

    Verb

    (wip)
  • To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (cf. rub)
  • Melissa wiped her glasses with her shirt.
    I wiped the sweat from my brow with the back of my hand.
    Tom started to wipe his eyes.
  • * 1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
  • So they passed through the Palace Gates and were led into a big room with a green carpet and lovely green furniture set with emeralds. The soldier made them all wipe their feet upon a green mat before entering this room, and when they were seated he said politely
  • To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away'', ''off'', or ''out .
  • * (rfdate) Milton
  • Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon.
  • (obsolete) To cheat; to defraud; to trick; usually followed by out .
  • (Spenser)
  • * (rfdate) Robynson (More's Utopia)
  • If they by coveyne [covin] or gile be wiped beside their goods.
  • (computing) To erase.
  • I accidentally wiped my hard drive.
  • (plumbing) To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of wiping something.
  • multiple wipes of a computer's hard disk
  • A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.
  • A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.
  • Derived terms

    * asswipe * baby wipe * wet wipe * wipe away * wipe off * wipe out * wipeout * wipe somebody's eye * wipe the floor * wipe the slate clean * wiper

    Etymology 2

    Compare (etyl) (m), (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The lapwing.