What's the difference between twinter and twister?

Twinter


Definition:

  • (n.) A domestic animal two winters old.

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Twister


Definition:

  • (n.) One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.
  • (n.) The instrument used in twisting, or making twists.
  • (n.) A girder.
  • (n.) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Comparison between twister and digits yielded ten cases of twister preference, four of digit preference and twenty cases of overlap.
  • (2) Noel plummeted all the way to No 6, where he was picked up by the New Orleans Pelicans – who sadly robbed us of a classic tongue-twister, "New Orleans' Nerlens Noel", by trading him to the Philadelphia 76ers.
  • (3) The automatic wire twister reduces the time needed for wire twisting without altering the security of the twisted wire.
  • (4) Depth of modulation on the twister device was twice that on a proximal device in nine cases whereas one case showed a proximal device preference; five cases showed overlap.
  • (5) This paper deals with the vibration analysis of a blood processor centrifuge with an anti-twister mechanism.
  • (6) Kidron's footage of the event has the appearance of a 60s peace festival, shiny happy people holding hands, playing Twister in the park, dancing and singing and laughing together.
  • (7) But as soon as the consequences of that exercise in democracy loomed – and it appeared that many Tory MPs would vote in favour – the government panicked and the arm twisters were called into action to throttle the voice of the people.
  • (8) Along with her work for the BBC, Bradbury has also presented ITV gameshow Take on the Twisters.
  • (9) These include a Lego version of the Mines of Moria sequence from the Lord of the Rings films and an electronic dance version of Hasbro's popular family game Twister.
  • (10) 'McAllister proves to be a bit of a tongue-twister for some, and he is usually nicknamed "Mac".
  • (11) The surgical instrument most important for making wire fixation highly successful is a tightener-twister which protects wire loops from excessive strain during application, and permits twisting at a predetermined and therefore reproducible tension.
  • (12) Nine-hundred and eighty-one right-handed and 55 left-handed subjects were required to tap with a pen for 10 secs between targets 6 cm apart whilst either saying nothing, reciting a tongue-twister or saying la-la.
  • (13) This study reports on the laboratory elicitation of sublexical speech errors by means of tongue twisters.
  • (14) Blood processors that employ anti-twister mechanisms are becoming increasingly popular because they cause relatively less damage to the blood than the conventional ones, which employ rotating seals.
  • (15) Of the 2 twist-knot devices, the Rhinelander wire tightener-twister produced the greatest resistance to knot failure.
  • (16) Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider, a former contestant on Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice TV show, said the tycoon had asked permission to use Twister Sister’s song We’re Not Gonna Take It at the end of his rallies, and he had been happy to agree.
  • (17) The top 13 in full Cabbage Patch Kids, JAKKS Pacific, RRP £29.99 Furby, Hasbro, RRP £59.99 InnoTab 2, Vtech, RRP £84.99 Jake and the Neverland Pirates – Pirate Ship Bucky, Mattel, RRP £49.99 LeapPad 2, Leapfrog Toys, RRP £89.99 Lego Friends: Olivia's House, Lego, RRP £69.99 Lego The Lord of the Rings: The Mines of Moria, Lego, £68.99 Mike the Knight's Deluxe Glendragon Playset, Character Options, £29.99 Monster High Ghouls Rule Dolls, Mattel, RRP £22.99 My Moshi Home, Vivid Imaginations, RRP £39.99 Nerf N-Strike Elite Hail-Fire, Hasbro, RRP £44.99 Twister Dance, Hasbro, RRP £26.99 Web Shooting Spider-Man, Hasbro, RRP £34.99
  • (18) Also on the site this week Christmas toys 2012: Furbys and Twister take parents back to the future Same-sex Mamas & Papas adverts 'celebrate modern family set-ups' Consumer borrowing surges On Saturday As well as travel insurance and Hurricane Sandy, Saturday's Guardian Money will look at how to beat the payday loan sharks and the best new 0% deals on credit cards.
  • (19) He was one of a team of tornado-chasers in the blockbuster Twister (1996), produced by Steven Spielberg .
  • (20) Testing has found that the ultimate force required to disrupt the wires twisted by either the automatic wire twister or manual techniques did not differ significantly and was directly related to the number of twists.

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