Atwitch vs. Twitch — What's the Difference?

Twitching

To draw, pull, or move suddenly and sharply; jerk

To move jerkily or spasmodically.

To ache sharply from time to time; twinge.

A sudden involuntary or spasmodic muscular movement

A sudden pulling; a tug

A sudden, sharp pain.

A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.

(informal) Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.

(farriery) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.

(physiology) A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.

(mining) The sudden narrowing almost to nothing of a vein of ore.

(birdwatching) A trip taken in order to observe a rare bird.

Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed

(intransitive) To perform a twitch; spasm.

(transitive) To cause to twitch; spasm.

(transitive) To jerk sharply and briefly.

(obsolete) To exert oneself.

(transitive) To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.

To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch a thing out of another's hand; to twitch off clusters of grapes.

The act of twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull; as, a twitch by the sleeve.

A short, spastic contraction of the fibers or muscles; a simple muscular contraction; as, convulsive twitches; a twitch in the side.

A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse. By twisting the stick the compression is made sufficiently painful to keep the animal quiet during a slight surgical operation.

A sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition

Make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion;

Move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions;

Toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air

Squeeze tightly between the fingers;

Move or pull with a sudden motion