The difference between Rope and Twine

When used as nouns, rope means thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line, whereas twine means a twist.

When used as verbs, rope means to tie (something) with something, whereas twine means to weave together.


check bellow for the other definitions of Rope and Twine

  1. Rope as a noun (uncountable):

    Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.

    Examples:

    "Nylon rope is usually stronger than similar rope made of plant fibers."

  2. Rope as a noun (countable):

    An individual length of such material.

    Examples:

    "The swinging bridge is constructed of 40 logs and 30 ropes."

  3. Rope as a noun:

    A cohesive strand of something.

    Examples:

    "The duchess wore a rope of pearls to the soirée."

  4. Rope as a noun (dated):

    A continuous stream.

  5. Rope as a noun (baseball):

    A hard line drive.

    Examples:

    "He hit a rope past third and into the corner."

  6. Rope as a noun (ceramics):

    A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.

  7. Rope as a noun (computer science):

    A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.

  8. Rope as a noun (Jainism):

    A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second.

  9. Rope as a noun (jewelry):

    A necklace of at least 1 meter in length.

  10. Rope as a noun (nautical):

    Cordage of at least 1 inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.

  11. Rope as a noun (archaic):

    A unit of length equal to 20 feet.

  12. Rope as a noun (slang):

    Flunitrazepam, also known as Rohypnol.

  13. Rope as a noun (slang, vulgar):

    A shot of semen that a man releases during ejaculation.

  14. Rope as a noun (in the plural):

    The small intestines.

    Examples:

    "the ropes of birds"

  1. Rope as a verb (transitive):

    To tie (something) with something.

    Examples:

    "The robber roped the victims."

  2. Rope as a verb (transitive):

    To throw a rope around (something).

    Examples:

    "The cowboy roped the calf."

  3. Rope as a verb (intransitive):

    To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.

  4. Rope as a verb (slang):

    To commit suicide.

    Examples:

    "My life is a mess, I might as well rope."

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  1. Twine as a noun:

    A twist; a convolution.

  2. Twine as a noun:

    A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string.

  3. Twine as a noun:

    The act of twining or winding round.

    Examples:

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  4. Twine as a noun:

    Intimate and suggestive dance gyrations.

    Examples:

    "'1965, Wilson Pickett, ''Don't Fight It'' (blues song), BMI Music."

    "* The way you jerk, the way you do the twine / You're too much, baby; I'd like to make you mine [...]"

  1. Twine as a verb (transitive):

    To weave together.

  2. Twine as a verb (transitive):

    To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.

  3. Twine as a verb (transitive):

    To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.

  4. Twine as a verb (intransitive):

    To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine.

  5. Twine as a verb (intransitive):

    To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.

  6. Twine as a verb (intransitive):

    To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally.

    Examples:

    "Many plants twine."

  7. Twine as a verb (obsolete):

    To turn round; to revolve.

    Examples:

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  8. Twine as a verb (obsolete):

    To change the direction of.

  9. Twine as a verb (obsolete):

    To mingle; to mix.

  1. Twine as a verb:

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