Whorl vs Loophole - What's the difference?

Whorl is a related term of loophole.

As nouns the difference between whorl and loophole

is that whorl is a pattern of concentric circles while loophole is a method of escape, especially an ambiguity or exception in a rule that can be exploited in order to avoid its effect.

As verbs the difference between whorl and loophole

is that whorl is to form a pattern of concentric circles while loophole is (military) to prepare a building for defense by preparing slits or holes through which to fire on attackers.

whorl

English

(wikipedia whorl)

Noun

(en noun)

A pattern of concentric circles.

(botany) A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.

(zoology) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.

(archaic) A flywheel, a weight attached to a spindle, compare 1460.

Verb

(en verb)

To form a pattern of concentric circles.

* {{quote-news, year=2008, date=February 12, author=Jennifer Dunning, title=Modern Style, Old-Fashioned Virtues, work=New York Times citation

, passage=“Waves Against the Sand,” to music by Martinu, which opened the program, filled the stage space with whorling patterns of dancers surging with the gentle but ceaseless momentum of the sea. }}

References

* * * whorl, Glossary of Terms, American Rhododendron Society English terms with homophones

loophole

English

Noun

(en noun)

A method of escape, especially an ambiguity or exception in a rule that can be exploited in order to avoid its effect.

* 1839, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist :

I left him no loophole of escape, and laid bare the whole villainy which by these lights became plain as day.

* 2002, Two Weeks Notice (movie):

You have a contract that says you will work until Island Towers is finalized, which I interpret as completion of construction, or I can stop you working elsewhere. And there's no loopholes , because you drafted it and you're the best.

A slit in a castle wall. Later: any similar window for shooting a weapon or letting in light.

* 1719 , Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe :

... and having a fair loophole , as it were, from a broken hole in the tree, he took a sure aim, without being seen, waiting till they were within about thirty yards of the tree, so that he could not miss.

* 1809 , Maria Edgeworth, The Absentee :

There was a loophole in this wall, to let the light in, just at the height of a person's head, who was sitting near the chimney.

* 1949 , George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four , page 25:

The sun had shifted round, and the myriad windows of the Ministry of Truth, with the light no longer shining on them, looked grim as the loophole s of a fortress.

Verb

(loophol)

(military) To prepare a building for defense by preparing slits or holes through which to fire on attackers

* {{quote-book, year=1896, author=Arthur Conan Doyle, title=The Exploits Of Brigadier Gerard, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=The lower windows were barricaded, and the whole building loopholed for musketry fire. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=A. E. W. Mason, title=The Broken Road, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=The doors were barricaded, the shutters closed upon the windows and loopholed , and provisions were brought in from the outhouses. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1915, author=W. H. L. Watson, title=Adventures of a Despatch Rider, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=The Germans were loopholing it for defence. }} English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs