Twinkled vs Winkled - What's the difference?
twinkled | winkled |
(twinkle)
(of a source of light) to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer
* Sir Isaac Newton
* Sir Walter Scott
(chiefly, of eyes) to be bright with delight
to bat, blink or wink the eyes
* Mrs. Juliet M. Hueffer Soskice, "Reminiscences of an Artist's Granddaughter",
* L'Estrange
to flit to and fro
* Dorothy Gilman, "Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle"
a sparkle or glimmer of light
* Robert De Beaugrande, "Text, Discourse, and Process",
a sparkle of delight in the eyes.
a flitting movement
* James Russell Lowell, "Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell",
(winkle)
A periwinkle or its shell, of family .
Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, especially, in the United States, either of two species .
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(children's slang) The penis, especially that of a boy rather than that of a man.
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As verbs the difference between twinkled and winkled
is that twinkled is past tense of twinkle while winkled is past tense of winkle.twinkled
English
Verb
(head)twinkle
English
Verb
(en-verb)- We could see the lights of the village twinkling in the distance.
- These stars do not twinkle when viewed through telescopes that have large apertures.
- The western sky twinkled with stars.
- His shrewd little eyes twinkled roguishly.
- She smiled and gave a little nod and twinkled her eyes
- The owl fell a moping and twinkling .
- A butterfly twinkled among the vines
Synonyms
* glimmer * scintillate * winkNoun
(en noun)- Soon the rocket was out of sight, and the flame was only seen as a tiny twinkle of light.
- He was a rotund, jolly man with a twinkle in his eye.
- I saw the twinkle of white feet,