different between coiling vs twisting

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??l??/

Verb

coiling

1. present participle of coil

Noun

coiling (plural coilings)

1. The pattern or motion of something that coils.
   • 1854, Herman Melville, The Encantadas

     Holding out her small olive hand before her captain, she said in mild and slowest Spanish, "Senor, I buried him;" then paused, struggled as against the writhed coilings of a snake, and cringing suddenly, leaped up, repeating in impassioned pain, "I buried him, my life, my soul!"

2. The process of fitting a ship with electromagnetic coils, so that it can be degaussed while travelling.

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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