different between twisting vs twizzle

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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English

Etymology

Alteration of *twissel (“to double”), from twissel (“double, twofold”). More at twissel.

Noun

twizzle (plural twizzles)

1. A turning, twisting or spinning motion.
2. (skating) A figure skating maneuver that is a surface spin that travels across the ice.

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See also

• (skating): twizzle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ; Twizzles on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Verb

twizzle (third-person singular simple present twizzles, present participle twizzling, simple past and past participle twizzled)

1. To rotate, spin or twirl.
2. (skating) To perform the twizzle maneuver.