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Twinter vs Twitter - What's the difference?

twinter | twitter |

As a noun twinter

is (uk|dialect) an animal two winters old.

As a verb twitter is

(ambitransitive|internet) to post an update to ; to twitter or tweet.

twinter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (UK, dialect) An animal two winters old.
  • (Webster 1913)

    twitter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by birds.
  • I often listen to the twitter of the birds in the park.
  • Unwanted flicker that occurs in interlaced displays when the image contains vertical detail that approaches the horizontal resolution of the video format.
  • * 1986 , IEEE, Second International Conference on Simulators: 7-11 September 1986 (page 145)
  • Interline twitter occurs on interlaced displays at half the field-rate.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To utter a succession of chirps.
  • * Gray
  • The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed.
  • (transitive) (of a person) To talk in an excited or nervous manner.
  • *
  • it doth not become such a one as you to twitter me.
  • *
  • To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle.
  • To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.
  • (neologism, Internet) To use the microblogging service .
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  • Synonyms

    * (internet neologism) tweet

    Derived terms

    * atwitter