different between twofold vs twice

English

Alternative forms

• two-fold

Etymology

From Middle English twofold, from Old English tw?ofeald. Equivalent to two +? -fold; cognate to Icelandic tvöfalt and Dutch tweevoudig.

Adjective

twofold (not comparable)

1. Double; duplicate; multiplied by two.

   The wheat produced a twofold harvest.

2. Having two parts, especially two different parts.

   a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument

   • 1874, Ernest Myers (transl.), The Extant Odes of Pindar, translated into English, Pythian Ode III, page 65.

     Had I but landed there and brought unto him a twofold joy, first golden health and next this my song of triumph to be a splendour in his Pythian crown […]

   • 2014, Robert K. Bolger, Scott Korb, "Gesturing Toward Reality: David Foster Wallace and Philosophy

     "Wallace's suggestion for overcoming the epistemological and solipsistic effects of innate selfishness is twofold."

Synonyms

• (double): double, duplicate; see also Thesaurus:twofold
• (having two parts): twin; see also Thesaurus:dual

Derived terms

• twofoldness

Translations

Adverb

twofold (not comparable)

1. In a double degree; doubly.

Synonyms

• double; see also Thesaurus:twice

Translations

References

• twofold in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• twofold in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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