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Twirl vs Thirl - What's the difference?

twirl | thirl |

As nouns the difference between twirl and thirl

is that twirl is a movement where one spins round elegantly; a pirouette while thirl is (archaic|or|dialectal) a hole, aperture, especially a nostril.

As verbs the difference between twirl and thirl

is that twirl is to perform a twirl while thirl is to pierce, perforate, penetrate or thirl can be (obsolete) to throw (a projectile).

twirl

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A movement where one spins round elegantly; a pirouette.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To perform a twirl.
  • To rotate rapidly.
  • * Dodsley
    • See ruddy maids, / Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel.
  • * Byron
    • No more beneath soft eve's consenting star / Fandango twirls his jocund castanet.

    References

    thirl

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) thirl, thiril, from (etyl) . Related to (l), (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic, or, dialectal) A hole, aperture, especially a nostril.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) thirlen, thurlen, thorlen, from (etyl) , from the noun (see above).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pierce, perforate, penetrate.
  • (obsolete) To drill or bore.
    • Derived terms
    * nostril * thirlable * thrill

    Etymology 3

    Origin uncertain. Perhaps a .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To throw (a projectile).
  • *, II.8:
  • *:And many Authours doe in this manner wound the protection of their cause, by over-rashly running against that which they take hold-of, thirling such darts at their enemies, that might with much more advantage be cast at them.