Slither vs. Wriggle — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Slither and Wriggle
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Slither
To move or slide by twisting or undulating the body over a surface, as in the manner of a snake.
Wriggle
To turn or twist the body or a body part with writhing motions
The rabbit's nose wriggled.
Slither
To walk with a sliding or shuffling gait
Slithered over to the window.
Wriggle
To move or proceed with writhing motions
Wriggle into a sleeping bag.
Wriggled out of his grasp.
Slither
To slip and slide, as on a loose or uneven surface
"We went slithering down the muddy rocks to sea level" (Jane Rodgers).
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Wriggle
To move with a wriggling motion
Wriggle a toe.
Slither
A slithering movement or gait.
Wriggle
To make (one's way, for example) by or as if by wriggling
He wriggled his way into her good graces.
Slither
(intransitive) To move about smoothly and from side to side.
Wriggle
A wriggling movement.
Slither
(intransitive) To slide
Wriggle
(intransitive) To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm.
Teachers often lose their patience when children wriggle in their seats.
Slither
(archaic) slithery; slippery
Wriggle
(transitive) To cause something to wriggle.
He was sitting on the lawn, wriggling his toes in the grass.
Slither
A limestone rubble.
Wriggle
(intransitive) To use crooked or devious means.
Slither
A sliver.
Wriggle
A wriggling movement.
Slither
To slide; to glide.
Wriggle
To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.
Both he and successors would often wriggle in their seats, as long as the cushion lasted.
Slither
To pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly;
They slid through the wicket in the big gate
Wriggle
To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting and squirming; like a worm.
Covetousness will wriggle itself out at a small hole.
Wriggling his body to recoverHis seat, and cast his right leg over.
Wriggle
Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible.
Wriggle
Act of wriggling; a short or quick writhing motion or contortion.
Wriggle
The act of wiggling
Wriggle
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
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