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Winking vs Twinkling - What's the difference?

winking | twinkling |

As verbs the difference between winking and twinkling

is that winking is present participle of lang=en while twinkling is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between winking and twinkling

is that winking is the act of one who winks while twinkling is a shining with fast intermittent light.

As an adjective twinkling is

sparkling intermittently.

winking

English

Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who winks.
  • * 1828 , The Harvard Register: no. I-XII, March, 1827-Feb. 1828 (page 153)
    • I have known some happy spirits, who could sit for hours, when no other amusement presented, and talk of the winkings and squintings, they had lately been so eagle-eyed, as to detect between some innocent couple

    twinkling

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Sparkling intermittently.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shining with fast intermittent light.
  • The time it takes to blink the eyes.

    • Derived terms

    * in the twinkling of an eye

    Verb

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