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Devious vs Twisting - What's the difference?

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Devious is a related term of twisting.


As adjectives the difference between devious and twisting

is that devious is deviating; not straightforward or honest, not frank; not standard while twisting is having many twists.

As a verb twisting is

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As a noun twisting is

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devious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Deviating; not straightforward or honest, not frank; not standard.
  • * 1839 , Frederick Marryat, The Phantom Ship
    • Keeping close in to the shore, they discovered, after two hours run, a fresh stream which burst in a cascade from the mountains, and swept its devious course through the jungle, until it poured its tribute into the waters of the Strait.

    twisting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=August 23, author=Alexander Star, title=Richard Poirier: A Man of Good Reading, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Tracing Emerson’s famous twistings and turnings, Mr. Poirier argued that even when he seemed most complacent
  • * 1984 , Theodore R. Sizer, Horace's Compromise: The Dilemma of the American High School
    • She was oblivious of all around her, and her facial twistings and scrunchings were droll.

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Having many twists
    • The mountain road is even more twisting than the valley road.