What's the difference between slither and wriggle?

Slither


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To slide; to glide.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The speed of the snow led to the closure of roads, including the M62 trans-Pennine motorway where the eastbound carriageway was closed after traffic slithered around on the steep ascent and descent between Rochdale and Huddersfield.
  • (2) The recipes veer from the incredibly simple, such as stir-fried potato slithers with chillies to the more elaborate, such as dry-braised fish with pork in spicy sauce.
  • (3) On this, my fourth visit, Makoko is as I’ve always known it: the tiny “jetty” from which visitors and residents board dugout canoes into the labyrinths of the floating settlement; the grey-black sludge that passes for lagoon water; the tangle of boats impatiently slithering through the labyrinth of waterways, making the traffic of Makoko reminiscent of the notorious Lagos roads.
  • (4) Rory Carroll (@rorycarroll72) Slithering and sliding in sewer gunk and they do it with a sense of humour.
  • (5) The result is a freewheeling joyride through genre cinema and literature: there are psychopathic mafia bosses, insane motorcycle gangs, xenophobically sketched triads, corrupt secret agents and cynical movie producers – their stories twist and interconnect, slithering around the lives of our protagonists.
  • (6) And perhaps he buys something to dig the Independent out of the hole it's always close to slithering into.
  • (7) As they poured men forward in search of a decisive winning goal there was space for Leeds to exploit on the break and when Aidan White sent Ross McCormack racing away down the right flank in the 90th minute, his tame chip from 25 yards out somehow slipped through the fingers of the teenage debutant keeper, Jack Bonham, and slithered agonisingly over the line to condemn Watford to the play-offs.
  • (8) There is also a slither of hope that a government drive to address the UK’s housing shortage could help first-time buyers.
  • (9) This strange goon squad of sub-Clarksons, bedroom anarchists, useful idiots and hardcore woman haters gives most of us the creeps and they will be slithering about on Sunday.
  • (10) The smell of putrefication could be sensed from a distance and on examination large white worms could be seen slithering in the decomposing tissue.
  • (11) The one-man freak show that appeals to the anarchist (even in me) will slither into the greasy maw of the US Republican party.
  • (12) An earlier version said that Holyrood controls only a small slither, rather than sliver, of its own spending.
  • (13) 5.33pm BST 17 min: City go up the other end and appeal for a penalty as Aguero slithers past Alcaraz on the right before being bumped over by the Wigan defender.
  • (14) He and my father had pitched their tent in the stolen corner of a farmer's lot, and so it was from inside the fence that my brother saw, not 10 feet away from him, the newborn calf slither on to the grass, unfurl its legs, and stand.
  • (15) Perhaps some visitors from LA had lost big at the casinos and had to slither home empty-handed.
  • (16) Iran weren't able to clear properly after that first attack and Onazi's low slitherer from the edge of the area went inches wide!
  • (17) The rain eased in the second period but, with the pitch waterlogged in places, players slithered all over the place and accurate passing became impossible.
  • (18) Some colon-cleansing tablets contain a polymerising agent that turns your faeces into something like a plastic, so that when a massive rubbery poo snake slithers into your toilet you can stare back at it and feel vindicated in your purchase.
  • (19) It is common slither from parliament to a position on the board of a big company, or to creep from a tabloid role into a position advising leaders of a sleazy government.
  • (20) Half a million children are now in “super-sized” classes , while British schools are slithering back to the selection and social segregation of the old days.

Wriggle


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.
  • (v. t.) To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting and squirming; like a worm.
  • (a.) Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Welbeck's goal drought came to an end when Rafael da Silva wriggled clear on the right and managed to dig out a deep cross that the unmarked Adnan Januzaj, whom Moyes felt came in for some rough treatment, headed against the far post.
  • (2) A new text, seen by the Guardian, was introduced at midnight and went some way to easing the fears of developing countries that rich countries could wriggle out of their obligations.
  • (3) A rebellion against Wall Street efforts to wriggle free from recent banking reforms picked up momentum in Congress on Thursday as House Democrats dramatically withdrew support for passage of the US budget in a knife-edge procedural vote.
  • (4) Obama did not commit America to any new action, giving them additional wriggle room to frame climate legislation with a strong chance of being passed in the Senate.
  • (5) The Milan goalkeeper then forced away Xavi's shot after Iniesta had wriggled free with some maddeningly good footwork.
  • (6) Chances were scarce for them but the substitute Gervinho almost wriggled through from Cazorla's pass while Giroud missed a pass to the Spaniard.
  • (7) The latter had collected Stephen Ireland’s pass beyond Palace’s back-line and wriggled round Wayne Hennessey, the open goal gaping, only to sky his finish horribly over the bar.
  • (8) The ECHR does need reform, which is why Labour has called for Strasbourg to do more to improve the quality of its judges and apply the ‘margin of appreciation’, giving member states the wriggle room to interpret decisions appropriately.” Landmark human rights judgments • Ireland v UK.
  • (9) 14 min: Zabaleta gets on the end of a beautifully angled David Silva pass on the right-hand side of the Dortmund penalty area and tries to shimmy and wriggle his way towards goal from the goal-line.
  • (10) We endlessly said council finances had wriggle-room.
  • (11) The Belgian held off Ciaran Clark to wriggle infield and spit a shot which flew through Brad Guzan’s legs at the near post.
  • (12) The lack of specifics in Shorten’s position has given factional powerbrokers on both sides of the argument wriggle room to both advance and thwart the cause of party reform at the July conference.
  • (13) He twists and turns, but can't wriggle clear to make space for the shot and Chelsea hack it clear.
  • (14) Zusi wriggles around the box and cuts the ball back but Houston's massed defense again blocks.
  • (15) Turner suggested there could be a fresh wave of repossessions in the US in coming months, as banks that have wriggled free of the government's bail-out tighten the screws on borrowers.
  • (16) Frankly he should stop making excuses and wriggling.
  • (17) To elucidate the ataxic mechanism of Wriggle mouse Sagami (WMS), a behavioural pharmacological investigation was carried out by open-field study.
  • (18) Savvas Neophytou of Panmure Gordon reckons there is wriggle room for Pfizer to bid more (because it has technically made a proposal, not a final offer.
  • (19) Indeed it was Republicans, not Democrats, who made history when it came to gender Tuesday It was a similar story in Colorado, where Gardner wriggled free from Democratic attempts to paint him as an extremist .
  • (20) Once in, however, managing to wriggle out again without knocking your head on the ceiling would be quite a feat.

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