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Twirl vs Twire - What's the difference?

twirl | twire |

In lang=en terms the difference between twirl and twire

is that twirl is to rotate rapidly while twire is to twist; twirl.

As nouns the difference between twirl and twire

is that twirl is a movement where one spins round elegantly; a pirouette while twire is a sly glance; a leer or twire can be a twisted filament; a thread.

As verbs the difference between twirl and twire

is that twirl is to perform a twirl while twire is to glance shyly or slyly; look askance; make eyes; leer; peer; pry or twire can be to twist; twirl.

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

    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.