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Twires vs Twirls - What's the difference?

twires | twirls |

As verbs the difference between twires and twirls

is that twires is (twire) while twirls is (twirl).

As nouns the difference between twires and twirls

is that twires is while twirls is .

twires

English

Verb

(head)
  • (twire)

    • Noun

    (head)

    • twire

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . More at (l).

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (twir)
  • To glance shyly or slyly; look askance; make eyes; leer; peer; pry.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • I saw the wench that twired and twinkled at thee.
  • * Ben Jonson
    • Which maids will twire 'tween their fingers.
  • To twinkle; sparkle; wink.
  • * Shakespeare
    • When sparkling stars twire not.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sly glance; a leer.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A twisted filament; a thread.
    • (John Locke)

    Etymology 3

    Perhaps from a dialectal form of *. Compare (l), (l).

    Verb

    (twir)
  • To twist; twirl.

    • twirls

    English

    Noun

    (head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (twirl)