Wave vs Corkscrew - What's the difference?

In intransitive terms the difference between wave and corkscrew

is that wave is to have an undulating or wavy form while corkscrew is to wind or twist in the manner of a corkscrew; to move with much horizontal and vertical shifting.

In transitive terms the difference between wave and corkscrew

is that wave is to signal (someone or something) with a waving movement while corkscrew is to cause something to twist or move in a spiral path or shape.

As an adjective corkscrew is

having the tightly winding shape of a corkscrew.

wave

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) waven, from (etyl) .

Verb

(wav)

(lb) To move back and forth repeatedly.

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, title= Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland , passage=But the World Cup winning veteran's left boot was awry again, the attempt sliced horribly wide of the left upright, and the saltires were waving aloft again a moment later when a long pass in the England midfield was picked off to almost offer up a breakaway try.}}

(lb) To wave one’s hand in greeting or departure.

(lb) To have an undulating or wavy form.

(lb) To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:horns whelked and waved like the enridged sea

(lb) To produce waves to the hair.

*:There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved', put in curlers overnight, ' waved with hot tongs;.

To swing and miss at a pitch.

(lb) To cause to move back and forth repeatedly.

(lb) To signal (someone or something) with a waving movement.

To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:He waved indifferently 'twixt doing them neither good nor harm.

To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.

:(Sir Thomas Browne)

To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:Look, with what courteous action / It waves you to a more removed ground.

* (1809-1892)

*:She spoke, and bowing waved / Dismissal.

Derived terms

* wave off * waver * wave the white flag

Etymology 2

From (etyl) *.

Noun

(en noun)

A moving disturbance in the level of a body of water; an undulation.

The wave traveled from the center of the lake before breaking on the shore.

(physics) A moving disturbance in the energy level of a field.

Gravity waves , while predicted by theory for decades, have been notoriously difficult to detect.

A shape that alternatingly curves in opposite directions.

Her hair had a nice wave to it.

sine wave

(figuratively) A sudden unusually large amount of something that is temporarily experienced.

A wave of shoppers stampeded through the door when the store opened for its Christmas discount special.

A wave of retirees began moving to the coastal area.

A wave of emotion overcame her when she thought about her son who was killed in battle.

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A sideway movement of the hand(s).

With a wave of the hand.

A group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water, where people in successive parts of the crowd stand and stretch upward, then sit. Usually referred to as "the wave"

Derived terms

* Elliott wave * make waves * Mexican wave * waveband * wave field synthesis * wave function * waveguide * wavelength * wavelet * wave mechanics * wave number * wave packet * wave-particle duality * wave ski * wave train * wave vector * wavy

Synonyms

* (an undulation) (l)

Etymology 3

See waive.

Verb

(wav)

English ergative verbs

corkscrew

English

Noun

An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.

I opened the wine with a corkscrew .

* {{quote-book, 1720, , chapter=The Bottle-Scrue, Poems on Several Occasions, page=113, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=Uw8UAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA113

, passage=There stood presented to his sight, Or seem'd to stand, the God of wine,

* {{quote-journal, 1999, James Lighthill, Biofluiddynamics: A Survey, Contemporary Mathematics, volume=141, page=11, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=nCvG2t02114C&pg=PA11

, passage=A corkscrew is designed so that when it is turned it creates effectively a helical undulation pushing it into the cork, whereas rotation in the opposite sense pulls it out.}}

* {{quote-book, 2006, Costas Katsigris & Chris Thomas, The Bar and Beverage Book, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=gtKOyU9ci1MC&pg=PA152, page=152, edition=4th ed.

, passage=A two-prong or ah-so corkscrew with sheath.}}

The screw-shaped worm of a typical corkscrew.

* {{quote-book, 1898, , First Principles of a New System of Philosophy citation

, passage=A bubble rising rapidly in water describes a spiral closely resembling a corkscrew .}}

(boxing, martial arts) A type of sharp, twisting punch, often one thrown close and from the side.

* {{quote-book, 2002, Darin Strauss, The Real McCoy, page=42 citation

, passage=

(amusement rides) A type of inversion used in roller coasters.

* {{quote-news, 1987, September, Tim Cole, Killer Coasters, Popular Mechanics citation

, passage=A corkscrew has a 90° turn just prior to the loop and a 90° turn just afterward.}}

Synonyms

* (implement for opening bottles) bottle screw, cork puller

Hypernyms

* bottle opener

Coordinate terms

* (other types of bottle opener) church key, wine key

Hyponyms

* (types of corkscrew bottle opener) waiter's friend; wing corkscrew; butler's friend

Derived terms

* corkscrewlike * corkscrewy * corkscrew flower * corkscrew grass * corkscrew stroke

External links

* (wikipedia "corkscrew")

Adjective

(-)

Having the tightly winding shape of a corkscrew.

* 1841 , , chapter I

Then the old gentleman spun himself round with velocity in the opposite direction, continued to spin until his long cloak was all wound neatly about him, clapped his cap on his head, very much on one side (for it could not stand upright without going through the ceiling), gave an additional twist to his corkscrew mustaches, and replied with perfect coolness.

* 1885 ,

All the heat of a decade of fierce Indian summers is stored in the pitch-black, polished walls of the corkscrew staircase.

Synonyms

* (having a tightly winding shape) helical

Verb

(en verb)

To wind or twist in the manner of a corkscrew; to move with much horizontal and vertical shifting.

* 1832 , , chapter 35

Into the tea–room Mr. Pickwick turned; and catching sight of him, Mr. Bantam corkscrewed his way through the crowd and welcomed him with ecstasy.

* 1916 , , chapter 10

The street corkscrewed endlessly. Sometimes it seemed to stop; then it found a hole in the opposing masonry and edged its way in.

* 1960 , , chapter 5:

Far off to starboard an Atlantic liner, all lights blazing, came towards us, corkscrewing with a motion which must have left the passengers unhappy.

To cause something to twist or move in a spiral path or shape.

* 1851 , , chapter 134:

Caught and twisted—corkscrewed in the mazes of the line, loose harpoons and lances, with all their bristling barbs and points, came flashing and dripping up to the chocks in the bows of Ahab’s boat.

* 2006 , Rocky Raab, Baggy Zero Four , page 155:

Rusty corkscrewed the plane back down again, but instead of mashing the throttles to the wall, he pulled them to idle.

* 2007 , Mike Monahan, Barracuda , page 107:

Soon he was corkscrewed into place, suspended from the ceiling in an impossible maze of unforgiving circuitry.

To extract information or consent from someone.

* 1852 , , Chapter 55:

I strongly suspect (from what Small has dropped, and from what we have corkscrewed out of him) that those letters I was to have brought to your ladyship were not destroyed when I supposed they were.

* 1922 , , in Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry ^{[http://books.google.com/books?id=lFYQAAAAIAAJ]}, page 460:

Yes, I believe you did after it was corkscrewed out of you, but I got the impression at the outset that you were, just as willing to let it stand there.

Synonyms

* (move in a corkscrew path) spiral