different between twice vs twite

English

Etymology

From earlier twise, from Middle English twies, twi?es, from Old English tw??es (“twice”), from tw?wa, tw??a ("twice"; whence Middle English twie (“twice”)) + -es (adverbial genitive ending). Related to Saterland Frisian twäie (“twice”), Middle Low German twiges, twies (“twice”), Middle High German zwies (“twies”). Compare also twi- meaning two or both.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twa?s/, [tw?a?s]
• Rhymes: -a?s

Adverb

twice (not comparable)

1. Two times.
2. (usually with "as", of a specified quality) Doubled in quantity, intensity, or degree.

   • Thus it appears that if the machine is turning twice as slow as before, there is more than twice the former quantity in the rising buckets; and more will be raised in a minute by the same expenditure of power.

   • You can't get anything thinner than a spring shad, unless you take a couple of them, when, of course, they will be twice as thin.

   • Both men and women with higher qualifications were twice as less likely to be unemployed than their less qualified counterparts.

Synonyms

• two times

Derived terms

• a broken clock is right twice a day
• two-time
• twice as less

Translations

See also

• once
• thrice

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twa?t/
• Rhymes: -a?t

Noun

twite (plural twites)

1. A small passerine bird, Linaria flavirostris (syn. Carduelis flavirostris), that breeds in northern Europe and across central Asia.

Synonyms

• (Linaria flavirostris): heather lintie (Scotland, Orkney), mountain linnet

Translations

See also

• linnet

Anagrams

• Witte, tewit