different between bending vs twisting

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?nd??/

Verb

bending

1. present participle of bend

Noun

bending (plural bendings)

1. A motion or action that bends.

   a bending of the knees

2. An instance of something being adapted or distorted.

   bendings of the rules

Translations

Faroese

Etymology

benda +? -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?nt??k/

  Rhymes: -?nt??k

Noun

bending f (genitive singular bendingar, plural bendingar)

1. inflection

Declension

Derived terms

• ábending
• stigbending

Icelandic

Etymology

From benda +? -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?nti?k/

Noun

bending f (genitive singular bendingar, nominative plural bendingar)

1. pointing, showing, indicating
2. hint, clue

Declension

Derived terms

• ábending (“comment, tip, advice”)
• frábending (“contraindication”)
• sakbending (“criminal line-up”)
• vísbending (“clue, indication”)

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tw?st??/

Verb

twisting

1. present participle of twist

Noun

twisting (countable and uncountable, plural twistings)

1. (countable) gerund of twist
   • 1984, Theodore R. Sizer, Horace's Compromise: The Dilemma of the American High School

     She was oblivious of all around her, and her facial twistings and scrunchings were droll.

2. (uncountable) The disreputable practice of selling unnecessary insurance to a customer in order to earn commission.
   • 1985, The Federal Reporter (second series, volume 756, page 219):

     Twisting benefits an insurance agent while damaging the customer. The agent benefits because the commission earned on the sale of a new health insurance policy is substantially higher than that earned on the renewal of an existing policy.

Adjective

twisting

1. Having many twists

   The mountain road is even more twisting than the valley road.

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