Twinge vs Twang - What's the difference?
twinge | twang |
A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
A sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary continuance; as, a twinge in the arm or side.
*{{quote-book, year=1935, author=
, title=The Norwich Victims
, chapter=7/2 To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
* Hudibras
To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains.
* L'Estrange
To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges.
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.
As nouns the difference between twinge and twang
is that twinge is a pinch; a tweak; a twitch while twang is the sound of a vibrating string, e.g. of a bow, or a musical instrument.As verbs the difference between twinge and twang
is that twinge is to pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak while twang is to produce a sharp vibrating sound, like a tense string pulled and suddenly let go.twinge
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=The two Gordon setters came obediently to heel. Sir Oswald Feiling winced as he turned to go home. He had felt a warning twinge of lumbago.}}
Verb
(twing)- When a man is past his sense, / There's no way to reduce him thence, / But twinging him by the ears or nose, / Or laying on of heavy blows.
- The gnat twinged him [the lion] till he made him tear himself, and so mastered him.
