Bent vs. Twist — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Bent and Twist
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Definitions
Bent➦
Past tense and past participle of bend1.
Twist➦
To wind together (two or more threads, for example) so as to produce a single strand.
Bent➦
Altered from an originally straight or even condition
Picked up pieces of bent wire.
Twist➦
To form in this manner
Twist a length of rope from strands of hemp.
Bent➦
Determined to take a course of action
I was bent on going to the concert.
Twist➦
To wind or coil (vines or rope, for example) about something.
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Bent➦
Chiefly British Corrupt; venal.
Twist➦
To interlock or interlace
Twist flowers in one's hair.
Bent➦
A tendency, disposition, or inclination
"The natural bent of my mind was to science" (Thomas Paine).
Twist➦
To make (one's way) in a tortuous manner
Twisted my way through the briar patch.
Bent➦
A transverse structural member or framework that is used for strengthening a bridge or trestle.
Twist➦
To cause to rotate or turn in another direction
Twisted their heads around at the sound of the doorbell.
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Bent➦
Bentgrass.
Twist➦
To impart a spiral or coiling shape to, as by turning the ends in opposite directions
Twisting wire into a loop.
Bent➦
The stiff stalk of various grasses.
Twist➦
To turn or open by turning
Twisted off the bottle cap.
Bent➦
An area of grassland unbounded by hedges or fences.
Twist➦
To pull, break, or snap by turning
Twist off a dead branch.
Bent➦
Simple past tense and past participle of bend
Twist➦
To wrench or sprain
Twist one's wrist.
Bent➦
(Of something that is usually straight) Folded, dented.
Twist➦
To alter the normal aspect of; contort
Twist one's mouth into a wry smile.
Bent➦
Corrupt, dishonest.
Twist➦
To alter or distort the intended meaning of
The cross-examiner twisted the words of the witness.
Bent➦
Homosexual.
Twist➦
To alter or distort the mental, moral, or emotional character of
The trauma twisted the child's outlook.
Bent➦
Determined or insistent.
He was bent on going to Texas, but not even he could say why.
They were bent on mischief.
Twist➦
To be or become twisted.
Bent➦
(Of a person) leading a life of crime.
Twist➦
To move or progress in a winding course; meander
The river twisted toward the sea.
Bent➦
Inaccurately aimed.
That shot was so bent it left the pitch.
Twist➦
To squirm; writhe
Twist with pain.
Bent➦
Suffering from the bends.
Twist➦
To rotate or turn in another direction
The owl's head twisted around toward me.
Bent➦
(slang) High from both marijuana and alcohol.
Man, I am so bent right now!
Twist➦
To dance the twist.
Bent➦
An inclination or talent.
He had a natural bent for painting.
Twist➦
A length of yarn, cord, or thread, especially a strong silk thread used mainly to bind the edges of buttonholes.
Bent➦
A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
His mind was of a technical bent.
Twist➦
Tobacco leaves processed into the form of a rope or roll.
Bent➦
The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
The bent of a bow
Twist➦
A loaf of bread or other bakery product made from pieces of dough twisted together.
Bent➦
A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
Twist➦
A sliver of citrus peel twisted over or dropped into a beverage for flavoring.
Bent➦
Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
Twist➦
A spin, twirl, or rotation.
Bent➦
(carpentry) A transverse frame of a framed structure; a subunit of framing.
Twist➦
A complete rotation of the body around its vertical axis, as in diving and gymnastics.
Bent➦
Such a subunit as a component of a barn's framing, joined to other bents by girts and summer beams.
Twist➦
A spinning motion given to a ball when thrown or struck in a specific way.
Bent➦
Such a subunit as a reinforcement to, or integral part of, a bridge's framing.
Twist➦
The state of being twisted into a spiral; torsional stress or strain.
Bent➦
Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
Twist➦
The degree or angle of torsional stress.
Bent➦
Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.
Twist➦
A contortion or distortion of the body, especially the face.
Bent➦
A grassy area, grassland.
Twist➦
A distortion of meaning
Gave my words a misleading twist.
Bent➦
The old dried stalks of grasses.
Twist➦
A sprain or wrench, as of an ankle.
Bent➦
Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever.
Twist➦
A change in direction; a turn
A sharp twist in the path.
Bent➦
Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved, determined, set, etc.; - said of the mind, character, disposition, desires, etc., and used with on; as, to be bent on going to college; he is bent on mischief.
Twist➦
An unexpected change in a process or a departure from a pattern, often producing a distortion or perversion
A twist of fate.
A story with a quirky twist.
Bent➦
The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow.
Twist➦
A personal inclination or eccentricity; a penchant or flaw
An odd twist to his character.
Bent➦
A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
Twist➦
A dance characterized by vigorous gyrations of the hips and arms.
Bent➦
A leaning or bias; proclivity; tendency of mind; inclination; disposition; purpose; aim.
With a native bent did good pursue.
Twist➦
A twisting force.
Bent➦
Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
Bents and turns of the matter.
Twist➦
Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
Bent➦
A transverse frame of a framed structure.
Twist➦
The form given in twisting.
Bent➦
Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
The full bent and stress of the soul.
Twist➦
The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
Bent➦
A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass.
His spear a bent, both stiff and strong.
Twist➦
A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.
Bent➦
A grass of the genus Agrostis, esp. Agrostis vulgaris, or redtop. The name is also used of many other grasses, esp. in America.
Twist➦
A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
Bent➦
Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor.
Bowmen bickered upon the bent.
Twist➦
A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
Bent➦
A relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way;
The set of his mind was obvious
Twist➦
A distortion to the meaning of a word or passage.
Bent➦
Grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens
Twist➦
An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
Bent➦
A special way of doing something;
He had a bent for it
He had a special knack for getting into trouble
He couldn't get the hang of it
Twist➦
(preceded by definite article) A type of dance characterised by rotating one’s hips. See Twist (dance) on Wikipedia for more details.
Bent➦
Altered from an originally straight condition;
A bent wire
Twist➦
A rotation of the body when diving.
Bent➦
Fixed in your purpose;
Bent on going to the theater
Dead set against intervening
Out to win every event
Twist➦
A sprain, especially to the ankle.
Bent➦
Used of the back and knees; stooped;
On bended knee
With bent (or bended) back
Twist➦
(obsolete) A twig.
Bent➦
Used especially of the head or upper back;
A bent head and sloping shoulders
Twist➦
(slang) A girl, a woman.
Bent➦
Of metal e.g.;
Bent nails
A car with a crumpled front end
Dented fenders
Twist➦
A roll or baton of baked dough or pastry in a twisted shape.
Twist➦
A small roll of tobacco.
Twist➦
A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.
Damascus twist
Twist➦
The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
Twist➦
A beverage made of brandy and gin.
Twist➦
A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.
A twist toward fanaticism
Twist➦
An appetite for food.
Twist➦
To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
Twist➦
To join together by twining one part around another.
Twist➦
To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
Twist➦
To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
Twist➦
(reflexive) To wind into; to insinuate.
Avarice twists itself into all human concerns.
Twist➦
To turn a knob etc.
Twist➦
To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
Twist➦
To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
Twist➦
To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
Twist➦
To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
Twist➦
(transitive) To cause to rotate.
Twist➦
(intransitive) To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).
Twist➦
(transitive) To coax.
Twist➦
(card games) In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.
Twist➦
To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
Twist it into a serpentine form.
Twist➦
Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert; as, to twist a passage cited from an author.
Twist➦
To distort, as a solid body, by turning one part relatively to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to torsion; as, to twist a shaft.
Twist➦
To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
There are pillars of smoke twisted about with wreaths of flame.
Twist➦
To wind into; to insinuate; - used reflexively; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns.
Twist➦
To unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible substance, round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as, to twist yarn or thread.
Twist➦
Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another; to wreathe; to make up.
Was it not to this endThat thou began'st to twist so fine a story?
Twist➦
To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton.
Twist➦
To be contorted; to writhe; to be distorted by torsion; to be united by winding round each other; to be or become twisted; as, some strands will twist more easily than others.
Twist➦
To follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form of a helix.
Twist➦
The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution; a bending.
Not the least turn or twist in the fibers of any one animal which does not render them more proper for that particular animal's way of life than any other cast or texture.
Twist➦
The form given in twisting.
[He] shrunk at first sight of it; he found fault with the length, the thickness, and the twist.
Twist➦
That which is formed by twisting, convoluting, or uniting parts.
Twist➦
A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other.
Twist➦
A twig.
Twist➦
A kind of closely twisted, strong sewing silk, used by tailors, saddlers, and the like.
Twist➦
Act of imparting a turning or twisting motion, as to a pitched ball; also, the motion thus imparted; as, the twist of a billiard ball.
Twist➦
A kind of cotton yarn, of several varieties.
Twist➦
A strong individual tendency, or bent; a marked inclination; a bias; - often implying a peculiar or unusual tendency; as, a twist toward fanaticism.
Twist➦
A roll of twisted dough, baked.
Twist➦
A little twisted roll of tobacco.
Twist➦
One of the threads of a warp, - usually more tightly twisted than the filling.
Twist➦
A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together; as, Damascus twist.
Twist➦
The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
Twist➦
A beverage made of brandy and gin.
Twist➦
An unforeseen development;
Events suddenly took an awkward turn
Twist➦
An interpretation of a text or action;
They put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct
Twist➦
Any clever (deceptive) maneuver;
He would stoop to any device to win a point
Twist➦
The act of rotating rapidly;
He gave the crank a spin
It broke off after much twisting
Twist➦
A sharp strain on muscles or ligaments;
The wrench to his knee occurred as he fell
He was sidelined with a hamstring pull
Twist➦
A sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
Twist➦
A miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
Twist➦
A jerky pulling movement
Twist➦
A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
Twist➦
Social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s;
They liked to dance the twist
Twist➦
The act of winding or twisting;
He put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind
Twist➦
Turning or twisting around (in place);
With a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room
Twist➦
To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling);
The prisoner writhed in discomfort
The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace
Twist➦
Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form;
Bend the rod
Twist the dough into a braid
The strong man could turn an iron bar
Twist➦
Turn in the opposite direction;
Twist a wire
Twist➦
Form into a spiral shape;
The cord is all twisted
Twist➦
Form into twists;
Twist the bacon around the sausage
Twist➦
Do the twist
Twist➦
Twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates;
Wrench a window off its hinges
Wrench oneself free from somebody's grip
A deep sigh was wrenched from his chest
Twist➦
Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
Twist➦
Twist suddenly so as to sprain;
Wrench one's ankle
The wrestler twisted his shoulder
The hikers sprained their ankles when they fell
I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days