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Forget vs. Screw — What's the Difference?

Forget vs. Screw — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Forget and Screw

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Forget

To be unable to remember (something).

Screw

A screw and a bolt (see Differentiation between bolt and screw below) are similar types of fastener typically made of metal and characterized by a helical ridge, called a male thread (external thread). Screws and bolts are used to fasten materials by the engagement of the screw thread with a similar female thread (internal thread) in the matching part.

Forget

To treat with thoughtless inattention; neglect
Forget one's family.

Screw

A cylindrical rod incised with one or more helical or advancing spiral threads, as a lead screw or worm screw.

Forget

To leave behind unintentionally.
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Screw

The tapped collar or socket that receives this rod.

Forget

To fail to mention.

Screw

A tapered and pointed wood screw.

Forget

To banish from one's thoughts
Forget a disgrace.

Screw

A cylindrical and flat-tipped machine screw.

Forget

(Informal) To disregard on purpose. Usually used in the imperative
Oh, forget it. I refuse to go!.

Screw

A device having a helical form, such as a corkscrew.

Forget

To cease remembering
Let's forgive and forget.

Screw

A propeller.

Forget

To fail or neglect to become aware at the proper or specified moment
Forgot about my dental appointment.

Screw

A twist or turn, as of a screw.

Forget

(transitive) To lose remembrance of.
I have forgotten most of the things I learned in school.

Screw

A prison guard.

Forget

(transitive) To unintentionally not do, neglect.
I forgot to buy flowers for my wife at our 14th wedding anniversary.

Screw

The turnkey of a jail.

Forget

(transitive) To unintentionally leave something behind.
I forgot my car keys in the living room.

Screw

Vulgar Slang The act or an instance of having sexual intercourse.

Forget

(intransitive) To cease remembering.
Let's just forget about it.

Screw

Salary; wages.

Forget

(slang) Euphemism for fuck, screw a mild oath.
Forget you!

Screw

A small paper packet, as of tobacco.

Forget

To lose the remembrance of; to let go from the memory; to cease to have in mind; not to think of; also, to lose the power of; to cease from doing.
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.
Let my right hand forget her cunning.
Hath thy knee forget to bow?

Screw

An old broken-down horse.

Forget

To treat with inattention or disregard; to slight; to neglect.
Can a woman forget her sucking child? . . . Yes, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

Screw

A stingy or crafty bargainer.

Forget

Dismiss from the mind; stop remembering;
I tried to bury these unpleasant memories

Screw

To drive or tighten (a screw).

Forget

Be unable to remember;
I'm drawing a blank
You are blocking the name of your first wife!

Screw

To fasten, tighten, or attach by means of a screw or similar fastener.

Forget

Forget to do something;
Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!

Screw

To attach (a tapped or threaded fitting or cap) by twisting into place.

Forget

Leave behind unintentionally;
I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant
I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors

Screw

To rotate (a part) on a threaded axis.

Screw

To contort (one's face).

Screw

(Slang) To treat (someone) unfairly; exploit or cheat
Screwed me out of the most lucrative sales territory.

Screw

To turn or twist.

Screw

To become attached by means of the threads of a screw.

Screw

To be capable of such attachment.

Screw

Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse.

Screw

A device that has a helical function.

Screw

A simple machine, a helical inclined plane.

Screw

A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.

Screw

(nautical) A ship's propeller.

Screw

An Archimedes screw.

Screw

A steam vessel propelled by a screw instead of wheels.

Screw

The motion of screwing something; a turn or twist to one side.

Screw

A prison guard.

Screw

An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint.

Screw

An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor.

Screw

Sexual intercourse; the act of screwing.

Screw

A casual sexual partner.

Screw

(slang) Salary, wages.

Screw

(billiards) Backspin.

Screw

(slang) A small packet of tobacco.

Screw

(dated) An old, worn-out, unsound and worthless horse.

Screw

(math) A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated. It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis.

Screw

An amphipod crustacean.
The skeleton screw (Caprella)
The sand screw

Screw

Rheumatism.

Screw

(transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a screw.

Screw

To have sexual intercourse with.

Screw

To cheat someone or ruin their chances in a game or other situation.

Screw

(transitive) To extort or practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions; to put the screws on.

Screw

(transitive) To contort.

Screw

To miskick (a ball) by hitting it with the wrong part of the foot.

Screw

To screw back.

Screw

To examine (a student) rigidly; to subject to a severe examination.

Screw

To leave; to go away; to scram.

Screw

A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, - used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being distinguished as the external, or male screw, or, more usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female screw, or, more usually, the nut.

Screw

Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver. Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to fasten something; - called also wood screws, and screw nails. See also Screw bolt, below.

Screw

Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a screw. See Screw propeller, below.

Screw

A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller.

Screw

An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard.

Screw

An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor.

Screw

A small packet of tobacco.

Screw

An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and commonly of good appearance.

Screw

A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th Pitch, 10 (b)). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis.

Screw

An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw (Caprella). See Sand screw, under Sand.

Screw

To turn, as a screw; to apply a screw to; to press, fasten, or make firm, by means of a screw or screws; as, to screw a lock on a door; to screw a press.

Screw

To force; to squeeze; to press, as by screws.
But screw your courage to the sticking place,And we'll not fail.

Screw

Hence: To practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions.
Our country landlords, by unmeasurable screwing and racking their tenants, have already reduced the miserable people to a worse condition than the peasants in France.

Screw

To twist; to distort; as, to screw his visage.
He screwed his face into a hardened smile.

Screw

To examine rigidly, as a student; to subject to a severe examination.

Screw

To use violent mans in making exactions; to be oppressive or exacting.

Screw

To turn one's self uneasily with a twisting motion; as, he screws about in his chair.

Screw

Someone who guards prisoners

Screw

A simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole

Screw

A propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air

Screw

A fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head

Screw

Slang terms for sexual intercourse

Screw

Have sexual intercourse with;
This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
Adam knew Eve
Were you ever intimate with this man?

Screw

Turn like a screw

Screw

Cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion;
Drive in screws or bolts

Screw

Tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions;
Screw the bottle cap on

Screw

Defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit

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