different between twig vs wattling

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English twig, twyg, from Old English twi?, from Proto-Germanic *tw?g? (compare West Frisian twiich, Dutch twijg, German Zweig), from Proto-Indo-European *dweyg?om (compare Old Church Slavonic ????? (dvig?, “branch”), Albanian degë (“branch”)), from *dwóh?. More at two.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /tw??/, [t?w???]
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

twig (plural twigs)

1. A small thin branch of a tree or bush.

   They used twigs and leaves as a base to start the fire.

Synonyms

• tillow

Derived terms

• off one's twig
• twig and berries

Translations

Verb

twig (third-person singular simple present twigs, present participle twigging, simple past and past participle twigged)

1. (transitive) To beat with twigs.

Etymology 2

From Irish and Scottish Gaelic tuig (“to understand”).

Verb

twig (third-person singular simple present twigs, present participle twigging, simple past and past participle twigged)

1. (colloquial, regional) To realise something; to catch on; to recognize someone or something.
2. To understand the meaning of (a person); to comprehend.

3. To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.

Synonyms

• (to realise something): clock, get it, notice; see also Thesaurus:identify
• (to understand the meaning): fathom, figure out, grasp, ken, work out
• (to observe slyly): check out, peep, spy on, surveil

Translations

Etymology 3

Compare tweak.

Verb

twig (third-person singular simple present twigs, present participle twigging, simple past and past participle twigged)

1. (obsolete, Scotland) To twitch; to pull; to tweak.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• (Early ME) twi, twi?
• twigge, twyg, twygge, tuyg

Etymology

From Old English tw?g, from Proto-Germanic *tw?g?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twi?/, /twi?/

Noun

twig (plural twigges)

1. Any part of a tree, especially a branch or cutting:
   1. A twig or tillow; a shoot branching off a tree.
   2. A easily bending branch used in crafts.
2. (figuratively, rare) A subtype or part of something; the result or descendant of something.

Descendants

• English: twig
• Scots: twigg, tuigg

References

• “twig, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-08.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *twig?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twij/

Noun

twi? n

1. twig
2. branch

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: twig
  • English: twig

English

Etymology

wattle +? -ing

Noun

wattling (countable and uncountable, plural wattlings)

1. An interwoven mesh of twigs; wattle.
   • 1952, L. F. Salzman, Building in England (page 188)

     Wattling consists of a row of upright stakes the spaces between which are more or less filled by interweaving small branches, hazel rods, osiers, reeds, thin strips of wood, or other pliant material.

2. The act of making such a mesh.