Twangle vs Wangle - What's the difference?
twangle | wangle |
(ambitransitive) To twang.
To obtain through manipulative or deceitful methods.
* "if a country such as China decided to wangle various concessions out of the US government" [http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/21941.html]
To falsify, as records.
To achieve through contrivance or cajolery.
* "manages to wangle his way into the investigation team" [http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2007/1/28/movies/16676327&sec=movies]
As verbs the difference between twangle and wangle
is that twangle is (ambitransitive) to twang while wangle is to obtain through manipulative or deceitful methods.As a noun wangle is
the act of wangling.twangle
English
Verb
(twangl)- While the twangling violin / Struck up with Soldier-laddie. — Tennyson.