The difference between String and Twine
When used as nouns, string means a long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together, whereas twine means a twist.
When used as verbs, string means to put (items) on a string, whereas twine means to weave together.
check bellow for the other definitions of String and Twine
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String as a noun (countable):
A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
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String as a noun (uncountable):
Such a structure considered as a substance.
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String as a noun (countable):
Any similar long, thin and flexible object.
Examples:
"a violin string"
"a [[bowstring bowstring]]"
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String as a noun:
A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
Examples:
"a string of shells or beads; a string of sausages"
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String as a noun (countable):
A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
Examples:
"The string of spittle dangling from his chin was most unattractive"
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String as a noun (countable):
A series of items or events.
Examples:
"a string of successes"
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String as a noun (countable):
The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.
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String as a noun (countable):
In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
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String as a noun:
A group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stables.
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String as a noun (countable, computing):
An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
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String as a noun (music, countable):
A stringed instrument.
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String as a noun (music, usually in plural):
The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
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String as a noun (in the plural):
The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
Examples:
"[[no strings attached no strings attached]]"
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String as a noun (countable, physics):
The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
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String as a noun (slang):
Cannabis or marijuana.
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String as a noun:
Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
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String as a noun:
The points made in a game of billiards.
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String as a noun (billiards, pool):
The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.
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String as a noun:
A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
Examples:
"rfquotek Milton"
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String as a noun (archaic):
A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.
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String as a noun (archaic):
A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
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String as a noun (shipbuilding):
An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
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String as a noun (botany):
The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
Examples:
"the strings of beans"
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String as a noun (mining):
A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
Examples:
"rfquotek Ure"
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String as a noun (architecture):
A stringcourse.
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String as a noun (dated, slang):
A hoax; a fake story.
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String as a verb (transitive):
To put (items) on a string.
Examples:
"You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace."
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String as a verb (transitive):
To put strings on (something).
Examples:
"It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly."
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String as a verb (intransitive):
To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
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Twine as a noun:
A twist; a convolution.
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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.
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Twine as a noun:
The act of twining or winding round.
Examples:
"rfquotek J. Philips"
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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 [...]"
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Twine as a verb (transitive):
To weave together.
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Twine as a verb (transitive):
To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
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Twine as a verb (transitive):
To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
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Twine as a verb (intransitive):
To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine.
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Twine as a verb (intransitive):
To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
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Twine as a verb (intransitive):
To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally.
Examples:
"Many plants twine."
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Twine as a verb (obsolete):
To turn round; to revolve.
Examples:
"rfquotek Chapman"
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Twine as a verb (obsolete):
To change the direction of.
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Twine as a verb (obsolete):
To mingle; to mix.
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Twine as a verb: