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Wield vs Twirl - What's the difference?

wield | twirl |

As verbs the difference between wield and twirl

is that wield is (label) to command, rule over; to possess or own while twirl is to perform a twirl.

As a noun twirl is

a movement where one spins round elegantly; a pirouette.

wield

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (label) To command, rule over; to possess or own.
  • *, Bk.V, Ch.7:
  • *:There was never kyng sauff myselff that welded evir such knyghtes.
  • (label) To control, to guide or manage.
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.10:
  • *:With such his chearefull speaches he doth wield / Her mind so well, that to his will she bends.
  • To handle with skill and ease, especially of a weapon or tool.
  • To exercise (authority or influence) effectively.

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    * * English terms with homophones ----

    twirl

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A movement where one spins round elegantly; a pirouette.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To perform a twirl.
  • To rotate rapidly.
  • * Dodsley
    • See ruddy maids, / Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel.
  • * Byron
    • No more beneath soft eve's consenting star / Fandango twirls his jocund castanet.

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