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Splice vs. Twirl

Difference Between Splice and Twirl

Splice

To join (two pieces of film, for example) at the ends.
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Twirl

To rotate or revolve briskly; swing in a circle; spin
twirled a baton to lead the band.
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Splice

To join (ropes, for example) by interweaving strands.
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Twirl

To twist or wind around
twirl thread on a spindle.
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Splice

To join (pieces of wood) by overlapping and binding at the ends.
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Twirl

To move or spin around rapidly, suddenly, or repeatedly
The pinwheel twirled in the breeze.
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Splice

To join together or insert (segments of DNA or RNA) so as to form new genetic combinations or alter a genetic structure.
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Twirl

To whirl or turn suddenly; make an about-face
twirled in the direction of the noise.
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Splice

(Slang) To join in marriage
They went to Las Vegas to get spliced.
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Twirl

(Baseball) To pitch.
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Splice

A joining by splicing.
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Twirl

The act of twirling or the condition of being twirled; a quick spinning or twisting.
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Splice

A place where parts have been spliced.
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Twirl

Something twirled; a twist
a twirl of cotton candy.
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Splice

(nautical) A junction or joining of ropes made by splicing them together.
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Twirl

A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette.
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Splice

(electrical) The electrical and mechanical connection between two pieces of wire or cable.
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Twirl

Any rotating movement; a spin.
The conductor gave his baton a twirl, and the orchestra began to play.
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Splice

(cricket) That part of a bat where the handle joins the blade.
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Twirl

A little twist of some substance; a swirl.
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Splice

Bonding or joining of overlapping materials.
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Twirl

(slang) A prison guard.
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Splice

(genetics) The process of removing intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then joining together exons.
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Twirl

(intransitive) To perform a twirl.
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Splice

To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.
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Twirl

(transitive) To rotate rapidly.
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Splice

To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.
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Twirl

(transitive) To twist round.
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Splice

(slang) To unite in marriage.
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Twirl

(baseball) To pitch.
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Splice

(figuratively) To unite as if splicing.
He argues against attempts to splice different genres or species of literature into a single composition.
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Twirl

To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.
See ruddy maids,Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel.
No more beneath soft eve's consenting starFandango twirls his jocund castanet.
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Splice

(genetics) To remove intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then join together exons.
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Twirl

To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly.
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Splice

To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, - the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.
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Twirl

The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation.
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Splice

To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.
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Twirl

A twist; a convolution.
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Splice

To unite in marriage.
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Twirl

a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
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Splice

A junction or joining made by splicing.
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Twirl

the act of rotating rapidly;
he gave the crank a spin
it broke off after much twisting
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Splice

a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together;
the break was due to an imperfect splice
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Twirl

turn in a twisting or spinning motion;
The leaves swirled in the autumn wind
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Splice

joint made by overlapping two ends and joining them together
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Twirl

cause to spin;
spin a coin
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Splice

join the ends of;
splice film
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Splice

perform a marriage ceremony;
The minister married us on Saturday
We were wed the following week
The couple got spliced on Hawaii
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Splice

join together so as to form new genetic combinations;
splice genes
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Splice

join by interweaving strands;
Splice the wires
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