different between twofold vs twireason

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.