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Twig vs Vine - What's the difference?

twig | vine |

As nouns the difference between twig and vine

is that twig is a small thin branch of a tree or bush while vine is the climbing plant that produces grapes.

As a verb twig

is to beat with twigs.

twig

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) twigge, from (etyl) . More at two.

Noun

(wikipedia twig) (en noun)
  • A small thin branch of a tree or bush.
    • They used twigs and leaves as a base to start the fire.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
    • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=1 citation , passage=A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.}}
    Derived terms
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    Verb

    (twigg)
  • To beat with twigs.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) and (etyl) .

    Verb

    (twigg)
  • (colloquial, regional) To realise something; to catch on.
  • :* He hasn't twigged that we're planning a surprise party for him.
  • * {{quote-web
    • , date=2012-05-30 , year= , first= , last= , author=John E. McIntyre , authorlink= , title=A future for copy editors , site=Baltimore Sun citation , archiveorg= , accessdate= , passage= Well, with fewer people doing two or three times the work, you may have already twigged to this. }}
  • To understand the meaning of (a person); to comprehend.
    • Do you twig me?
  • To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.
  • * Foote
    • Now twig him; now mind him.
  • * Hawthorne
    • as if he were looking right into your eyes and twigged something there which you had half a mind to conceal

    Etymology 3

    Compare tweak.

    Verb

    (twigg)
  • (obsolete, Scotland) To twitch; to pull; to tweak.
    • (Webster 1913)

    vine

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia vine) (en noun)
  • the climbing plant that produces grapes
  • any plant of the genus Vitis
  • (US) by extension, any similar climbing or trailing plant

    • Synonyms

    * (climbing plant that produces grapes) grapevine * (any climbing or trailing plant) climber (UK) * (covered with vines) ivied

    Derived terms

    * Alleghany vine, Allegheny vine * American vine * arbor vine * balloon vine * Barbados-gooseberry vine * bean vine * bittervine * black-eyed Susan vine * black vine * black vine weevil * buckwheat vine * Burdekin vine * calabar-bean vine * canary vine * canarybird vine * cantaloupe vine * caustic vine * chalice vine * Chilean potato vine * China fleece vine * Chinese matrimony vine * Chinese trumpet vine * cinnamon vine * climbing vine * clockvine * common grape vine * common matrimony vine * condor vine * coral vine * corkscrew vine * cow itch vine * cross vine, cross-vine * cubeb vine * cucumber vine * cup-and-saucer vine * cypress vine * deer vine * die on the vine * dwell under one's vine and fig-tree * Easter lily vine * elephant's-vine * goa bean vine * gourd vine * granadilla vine * grapevine * groundnut vine * guinea gold vine * Harvey's vine * hemp-vine, hempvine * hop vine, hop-vine, hopvine * Hottentot bread vine * hungry vine * india-rubber vine * Isle of Wight vine * jade vine * kangaroo vine * kiwi vine * kudzu vine * lace-flower vine * lawyer vine * lemon vine * link vine * love vine * Madeira vine * matrimony vine, matrimony-vine * melon vine * Mexican ivy vine * Mexican vine * mignonette vine * milk vine * negro vine * old vines * oriental staff vine * partridge-vine * passionflower vine * peanut vine * pea vine * pepper vine, pepper-vine * pipe vine, pipevine * poison vine * potato vine * prairie gourd vine * pumpkin vine * puncture vine * quarter-vine * railroad vine * rattan vine * red-bead vine * rubber vine * redvine * Russian vine * sand vine * scrub vine * seven-year vine * silk vine * silver lace vine, silver-lace vine * silver vine, silvervine * snail vine * snake vine * soapberry vine * sorrel vine * squash vine * squash vine borer * squaw vine * staff vine * strainer vine * strawberry vine * summer squash vine * sweet melon vine * sweet potato vine * Tangier peavine * tara vine * tie vine * trumpet vine, trumpet-vine * Uruguay potato vine * vase vine * vine apple * vine-bamboo * vine beetle * vine-bind * vine-black * vine borer * vine-bower * vine branch, vine-branch * vine cactus * vine-clad * vined * vine-disease * vine dragon * vine-dresser, vinedresser * vine-feeder * vine-fly * vine forester * vine fretter, vine-fretter * vine fruit * vine-fungus * vine-gall * vine gall-insect * vine-garden * vine-garth * vine-grower * vine-growing * vine grub, vine-grub * vine hawk moth * vine-hook * vine hopper * vine inchworm * vine-knife * vineland * vine-leaf * vineless * vinelet * vine-leek * vine louse, vine-louse * vine-man * vine maple * vine-master * vine mildew, vine-mildew * vine moth, vine-moth * vine of Sodom * vine-pear * vine-pest * vine-press * vine-prop * vine pull schemes * viner * vine-rake * vine-rod * vinery * vine sawfly, vine-sawfly * vine-scroll * vine-scrub * vine slug * vine snail, vine-snail * vine snake * vine sorrel * vine sphinx * vine spinach * vine-stock * vine-tree * vine-wand * vine-water * vine weevil, vine-weevil * vine-worm * vineyard * vining * Virginia vine, Virginian vine * watermelon vine * water vine, water-vine * wax vine * white potato vine * white vine * wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine * winter melon vine * wire vine * with-vine * wither on the vine * wonga vine * wood vine * yellow passionvine

    Related terms

    * provine * vigneron * vignette * vignoble * vinatorian * vinea * vineal * vineatic * viner * vinet * viny * wine * See also

    See also

    * kudzu

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