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Twisting vs Twisty - What's the difference?

twisting | twisty |

As nouns the difference between twisting and twisty

is that twisting is while twisty is something that is , such as a road.

As adjectives the difference between twisting and twisty

is that twisting is having many twists while twisty is that twists.

As a verb twisting

is .

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.

    twisty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • that twists
  • curly

    • Derived terms

    *twistily *twistiness

    Noun

    (twisties)
  • Something that is , such as a road
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=March 18, author=Lawrence Ulrich, title=There’s More Than Meets the Eye, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=On lonely twisties in upstate New York, the driver of a Porsche Boxster S surely found my unshakable Mini anything but cute. }}
  • A strand of hair twisted together in a braid-like fashion
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=March 22, author=Randal C. Archibold, title=I Have Taken on My Daughter’s Hair and Won, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=I was introduced to the panorama of twisties , barrettes, hair and scalp conditioner (basically hair grease), brushes for every occasion and narrow- and wide-tooth combs. }}