The difference between Needle and Tease
When used as nouns, needle means a fine, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, etc, whereas tease means one who teases.
When used as verbs, needle means to pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture, whereas tease means to separate the fibres of a fibrous material.
check bellow for the other definitions of Needle and Tease
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Needle as a noun:
A fine, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, etc.
Examples:
"The seamstress threaded the needle to sew on a button."
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Needle as a noun:
Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
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Needle as a noun:
A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph, e.g. a compass needle.
Examples:
"The needle on the fuel gauge pointed to empty."
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Needle as a noun:
A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
Examples:
"Ziggy bought some diamond needles for his hi-fi phonograph."
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Needle as a noun:
A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.
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Needle as a noun:
A strong beam resting on props, used as a temporary support during building repairs.
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Needle as a noun (informal, usually preceded by {{m, the):
}} The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.
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Needle as a noun (programming, [[PHP]]):
A text string that is searched for within another string.
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Needle as a verb:
To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
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Needle as a verb (transitive):
To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.
Examples:
"Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples."
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Needle as a verb (ambitransitive):
To form, or be formed, in the shape of a needle.
Examples:
"to needle crystals"
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Tease as a verb:
to separate the fibres of a fibrous material
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Tease as a verb:
to comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction
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Tease as a verb:
to back-comb
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Tease as a verb (transitive):
to poke fun at
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Tease as a verb (transitive):
to provoke or disturb; to annoy
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Tease as a verb (transitive):
to manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation
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Tease as a verb (transitive):
to entice, tempt
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Tease as a verb (transitive, informal):
to show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser
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Tease as a noun:
one who teases
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Tease as a noun:
a single act of teasing
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Tease as a noun:
One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
Examples:
"synonyms: cock tease cocktease cockteaser prickteaser"