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Trundle vs Twin - What's the difference?

trundle | twin |

As nouns the difference between trundle and twin

is that trundle is a low bed on wheels that can be rolled underneath another bed while twin is (baseball) a player that plays for the.

As a verb trundle

is to wheel or roll, especially by pushing.

trundle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A low bed on wheels that can be rolled underneath another bed.
  • A small wheel or roller.
  • A motion as of something moving upon little wheels or rollers; a rolling motion.
  • (engineering) A lantern wheel, or one of its bars.
  • Synonyms

    * (low bed on wheels) trundle bed

    Verb

    (trundl)
  • To wheel or roll, especially by pushing.
  • Every morning, the vendors trundle their carts out into the market.
  • To (cause to) roll slowly and heavily on wheels.
  • to trundle a bed or a gun carriage
  • Move heavily (on wheels).
  • To move (physically).
  • To move, often heavily or clumsily.
  • To cause to roll or revolve; to roll along.
  • to trundle a hoop or a ball

    Derived terms

    * trundle out

    References

    * "trundle." WordNet® 3.0. Princeton University. 15 Jun. 2007. Dictionary.com. * "trundle." Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary. K Dictionaries Ltd. 15 Jun. 2007. Dictionary.com.

    Anagrams

    *

    twin

    English

    Alternative forms

    * twynne (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
  • Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.
  • A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room.
  • (US) A twin size mattress or a bed designed for such a mattress.
  • A twin crystal.
  • (modifier) Forming a pair of twins.
  • the twin boys
  • (modifier) Forming a matched pair.
  • twin socks

    Derived terms

    * conjoined twin * identical twin * Siamese twin *twincest

    Synonyms

    * twindle, twinling, doublet (in the sense of twins and triplets)

    See also

    * twyndyllyng * (hotel room) single, double * twain

    Verb

    (twinn)
  • (transitive, obsolete, outside, Scotland) To separate, divide.
  • (intransitive, obsolete, outside, Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart.
  • (usually in the passive) To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries).
  • Placetown in England is twinned with Machinville in France.
    For example, Coventry twinned with Dresden as an act of peace and reconciliation, both cities having been heavily bombed during the war.
  • * Tennyson
  • Still we moved / Together, twinned , as horse's ear and eye.
  • To give birth to twins.
  • * 1874 , Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd
  • “I’ve run to tell ye,” said the junior shepherd, supporting his exhausted youthful frame against the doorpost, “that you must come directly. Two more ewes have twinned — that’s what’s the matter, Shepherd Oak.”
  • (obsolete) To be born at the same birth.
  • (Shakespeare)

    See also

    * sister city