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Vine vs Twine - What's the difference?

vine | twine |

As verbs the difference between vine and twine

is that vine is while twine is to weave together.

As an adjective vine

is (of wine ) fortified.

As a noun twine is

a twist; a convolution.

vine

English

Noun

(wikipedia vine) (en noun)
  • the climbing plant that produces grapes
  • any plant of the genus Vitis
  • (US) by extension, any similar climbing or trailing plant

    • Synonyms

    * (climbing plant that produces grapes) grapevine * (any climbing or trailing plant) climber (UK) * (covered with vines) ivied

    Derived terms

    * Alleghany vine, Allegheny vine * American vine * arbor vine * balloon vine * Barbados-gooseberry vine * bean vine * bittervine * black-eyed Susan vine * black vine * black vine weevil * buckwheat vine * Burdekin vine * calabar-bean vine * canary vine * canarybird vine * cantaloupe vine * caustic vine * chalice vine * Chilean potato vine * China fleece vine * Chinese matrimony vine * Chinese trumpet vine * cinnamon vine * climbing vine * clockvine * common grape vine * common matrimony vine * condor vine * coral vine * corkscrew vine * cow itch vine * cross vine, cross-vine * cubeb vine * cucumber vine * cup-and-saucer vine * cypress vine * deer vine * die on the vine * dwell under one's vine and fig-tree * Easter lily vine * elephant's-vine * goa bean vine * gourd vine * granadilla vine * grapevine * groundnut vine * guinea gold vine * Harvey's vine * hemp-vine, hempvine * hop vine, hop-vine, hopvine * Hottentot bread vine * hungry vine * india-rubber vine * Isle of Wight vine * jade vine * kangaroo vine * kiwi vine * kudzu vine * lace-flower vine * lawyer vine * lemon vine * link vine * love vine * Madeira vine * matrimony vine, matrimony-vine * melon vine * Mexican ivy vine * Mexican vine * mignonette vine * milk vine * negro vine * old vines * oriental staff vine * partridge-vine * passionflower vine * peanut vine * pea vine * pepper vine, pepper-vine * pipe vine, pipevine * poison vine * potato vine * prairie gourd vine * pumpkin vine * puncture vine * quarter-vine * railroad vine * rattan vine * red-bead vine * rubber vine * redvine * Russian vine * sand vine * scrub vine * seven-year vine * silk vine * silver lace vine, silver-lace vine * silver vine, silvervine * snail vine * snake vine * soapberry vine * sorrel vine * squash vine * squash vine borer * squaw vine * staff vine * strainer vine * strawberry vine * summer squash vine * sweet melon vine * sweet potato vine * Tangier peavine * tara vine * tie vine * trumpet vine, trumpet-vine * Uruguay potato vine * vase vine * vine apple * vine-bamboo * vine beetle * vine-bind * vine-black * vine borer * vine-bower * vine branch, vine-branch * vine cactus * vine-clad * vined * vine-disease * vine dragon * vine-dresser, vinedresser * vine-feeder * vine-fly * vine forester * vine fretter, vine-fretter * vine fruit * vine-fungus * vine-gall * vine gall-insect * vine-garden * vine-garth * vine-grower * vine-growing * vine grub, vine-grub * vine hawk moth * vine-hook * vine hopper * vine inchworm * vine-knife * vineland * vine-leaf * vineless * vinelet * vine-leek * vine louse, vine-louse * vine-man * vine maple * vine-master * vine mildew, vine-mildew * vine moth, vine-moth * vine of Sodom * vine-pear * vine-pest * vine-press * vine-prop * vine pull schemes * viner * vine-rake * vine-rod * vinery * vine sawfly, vine-sawfly * vine-scroll * vine-scrub * vine slug * vine snail, vine-snail * vine snake * vine sorrel * vine sphinx * vine spinach * vine-stock * vine-tree * vine-wand * vine-water * vine weevil, vine-weevil * vine-worm * vineyard * vining * Virginia vine, Virginian vine * watermelon vine * water vine, water-vine * wax vine * white potato vine * white vine * wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine * winter melon vine * wire vine * with-vine * wither on the vine * wonga vine * wood vine * yellow passionvine

    Related terms

    * provine * vigneron * vignette * vignoble * vinatorian * vinea * vineal * vineatic * viner * vinet * viny * wine * See also

    See also

    * kudzu

    Anagrams

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    twine

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) twine, twyne, twin, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

    (wikipedia twine) (en noun)
  • A twist; a convolution.
  • * Milton
    • Typhon huge, ending in snaky twine .
  • A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string.
  • The act of twining or winding round.
  • Intimate and suggestive dance gyrations.
    • 1965 Pickett, Wilson , Don't Fight It (blues song), BMI Music.
  • :* The way you jerk, the way you do the twine / You're too much, baby; I'd like to make you mine [...]

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) twinen, twynen, from (etyl) *.

    Verb

    (twin)
  • To weave together.
  • To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Let me twine / Mine arms about that body.
  • To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine .
  • To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine.
  • To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • As rivers, though they bend and twine , / Still to the sea their course incline.
  • To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally.
    • Many plants twine .
  • (obsolete) To turn round; to revolve.
    • (Chapman)
  • (obsolete) To change the direction of.
    • (Fairfax)
  • (obsolete) To mingle; to mix.
    • (Crashaw)
    Derived terms
    * (l) * (l)