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Wrenching vs Thorny - What's the difference?

wrenching | thorny |

As a verb wrenching

is .

As a noun wrenching

is the act by which something is wrenched.

As an adjective thorny is

having thorns or spines.

wrenching

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is wrenched.
  • thorny

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • having thorns or spines
  • troublesome or vexatious
  • * Shakespeare
  • the steep and thorny way to heaven
  • aloof and irritable
  • * Louisa May Alcott, Good Wives
  • 'Come, Jo, don't be thorny . After studying himself to a skeleton all the week, a fellow deserves petting, and ought to get it.'

    Derived terms

    * (l) * thorny restharrow * thorny trefoil

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