The difference between Foil and Thwart
When used as nouns, foil means a very thin sheet of metal, whereas thwart means a brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam (breadth) of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail.
When used as verbs, foil means to prevent (something) from being accomplished, whereas thwart means to prevent.
Thwart is also adverb with the meaning: obliquely.
Thwart is also adjective with the meaning: situated or placed across something else.
check bellow for the other definitions of Foil and Thwart
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Foil as a noun:
A very thin sheet of metal.
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Foil as a noun (uncountable):
Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
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Foil as a noun:
A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.
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Foil as a noun (authorship, figuratively):
In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist.
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Foil as a noun (figuratively):
Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.
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Foil as a noun (fencing):
A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip
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Foil as a noun:
A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See transparency.
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Foil as a noun (heraldiccharge):
A stylized flower or leaf.
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Foil as a noun:
A hydrofoil.
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Foil as a noun:
An aerofoil/airfoil.
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Foil as a verb:
To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
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Foil as a verb:
To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
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Foil as a verb:
To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
Examples:
"to foil the scent in hunting"
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Foil as a verb (obsolete):
To tread underfoot; to trample.
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Foil as a noun:
Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
Examples:
"rfquotek Milton"
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Foil as a noun:
One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.
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Foil as a noun (hunting):
The track of an animal.
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Foil as a verb (mathematics):
To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials.
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Foil as a verb (obsolete):
To defile; to soil.
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Thwart as a verb (transitive):
To prevent; to cause to fail
Examples:
"The police thwarted the would-be assassin."
"Our plans for a picnic were thwarted by the thunderstorm."
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Thwart as a verb (obsolete):
To move across or counter to; to cross.
Examples:
"An arrow thwarts the air."
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Thwart as a noun (nautical):
A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam (breadth) of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail.
Examples:
"A well made [[dugout canoe]] rarely needs a thwart."
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Thwart as a noun (nautical):
A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.
Examples:
"The fisherman sat on the aft thwart to row."
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Thwart as an adjective:
Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.
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Thwart as an adjective (figurative):
Perverse; crossgrained.
Examples:
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Thwart as an adverb:
Obliquely; transversely; athwart.
Examples:
"rfquotek Milton"