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Twinkling vs Twinning - What's the difference?

twinkling | twinning |

As adjectives the difference between twinkling and twinning

is that twinkling is sparkling intermittently while twinning is biparous.

As nouns the difference between twinkling and twinning

is that twinkling is a shining with fast intermittent light while twinning is action of the verb to twin

As verbs the difference between twinkling and twinning

is that twinkling is present participle of lang=en while twinning is present participle of lang=en.

twinkling

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Sparkling intermittently.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shining with fast intermittent light.
  • The time it takes to blink the eyes.

    • Derived terms

    * in the twinkling of an eye

    Verb

    (head)

    • twinning

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • action of the verb to twin
  • giving birth to twins
  • the pairing of similar objects (such as towns)
  • (mineralogy) the formation of twin crystals
  • (transport) the conversion of a road into a dual carriageway

    • Derived terms

    * crystal twinning * town twinning

    Adjective

    (-)
  • biparous

    • See also

    * gemination * twining