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Twang vs Twig - What's the difference?

twang | twig |

As nouns the difference between twang and twig

is that twang is the sound of a vibrating string, e.g. of a bow, or a musical instrument while twig is a small thin branch of a tree or bush.

As verbs the difference between twang and twig

is that twang is to produce a sharp vibrating sound, like a tense string pulled and suddenly let go while twig is to beat with twigs.

twang

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The sound of a vibrating string, e.g. of a bow, or a musical instrument.
  • A technical term for a particular sharp vibrating sound characteristic of electrical guitars.
  • A trace of regional or foreign accent in someone's voice.
  • A sound quality that appears in the human voice when the epilaryngeal tube is narrowed.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To produce a sharp vibrating sound, like a tense string pulled and suddenly let go.

    • See also

    * brogue * drawl * lilt * lisp

    twig

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) twigge, from (etyl) . More at two.

    Noun

    (wikipedia twig) (en noun)
  • A small thin branch of a tree or bush.
    • They used twigs and leaves as a base to start the fire.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
    • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=1 citation , passage=A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.}}
    Derived terms
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    Verb

    (twigg)
  • To beat with twigs.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) and (etyl) .

    Verb

    (twigg)
  • (colloquial, regional) To realise something; to catch on.
  • :* He hasn't twigged that we're planning a surprise party for him.
  • * {{quote-web
    • , date=2012-05-30 , year= , first= , last= , author=John E. McIntyre , authorlink= , title=A future for copy editors , site=Baltimore Sun citation , archiveorg= , accessdate= , passage= Well, with fewer people doing two or three times the work, you may have already twigged to this. }}
  • To understand the meaning of (a person); to comprehend.
    • Do you twig me?
  • To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.
  • * Foote
    • Now twig him; now mind him.
  • * Hawthorne
    • as if he were looking right into your eyes and twigged something there which you had half a mind to conceal

    Etymology 3

    Compare tweak.

    Verb

    (twigg)
  • (obsolete, Scotland) To twitch; to pull; to tweak.
    • (Webster 1913)