The difference between Twin and Twofold
When used as adjectives, twin means double, whereas twofold means double.
Twin is also noun with the meaning: either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time.
Twin is also verb with the meaning: to separate, divide.
Twofold is also adverb with the meaning: in a double degree.
check bellow for the other definitions of Twin and Twofold
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Twin as a noun:
Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
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Twin as a noun:
Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.
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Twin as a noun:
A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room.
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Twin as a noun (US):
A twin size mattress or a bed designed for such a mattress.
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Twin as a noun (crystallography):
A twin crystal.
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Twin as a verb (transitive, obsolete, outside, Scotland):
To separate, divide.
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Twin as a verb (intransitive, obsolete, outside, Scotland):
To split, part; to go away, depart.
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Twin as a verb (usually in the [[passive]]):
To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries).
Examples:
"Placetown in England is twinned with Machinville in France."
"Coventry twinned with Dresden as an act of peace and reconciliation, both cities having been heavily bombed during the war."
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Twin as a verb (intransitive):
To be paired or suited.
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Twin as a verb (intransitive):
To give birth to twins.
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Twin as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To be born at the same birth.
Examples:
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Twin as an adjective:
double; dual; occurring as a matching pair
Examples:
"twin beds'', ''twin socks"
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Twin as an adjective:
forming a pair of twins.
Examples:
"the twin boys"
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Twofold as an adjective:
Double; duplicate; multiplied by two.
Examples:
"The wheat produced a twofold harvest."
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Twofold as an adjective:
Having two parts, especially two different parts.
Examples:
"a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument"
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Twofold as an adverb:
In a double degree; doubly.