Tew vs. Tow — What's the Difference?

A rope or chain for towing a boat.

To draw or pull behind by a chain or line

A cord; a string.

The act or an instance of towing

Trouble; worry.

Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.

To tow along, as a vessel.

Something, such as a barge or car, that is towed.

To prepare (leather, hemp, etc.) by beating or working; to taw.

A rope or cable used in towing.

(by extension) To beat; to scourge.

Coarse broken flax or hemp fiber.

To muddle; to mix up.

A continuous untwisted bundle of manufactured fibers.

To work at or worry.

(transitive) To pull something behind one using a line or chain; to haul.

To harangue or argue with.

To aid someone behind by shielding them from wind resistance.

To tease; to vex or worry.

The act of towing and the condition of being towed.

To work hard; to strive.

Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.

To prepare by beating or working, as leather or hemp; to taw.

Something, such as a barge, that is towed.

Hence, to beat; to scourge; also, to pull about; to maul; to tease; to vex.

A rope or cable used in towing.

To work hard; to strive; to fuse.

(motor racing) A speed increase given by driving in front of another car on a straight, which causes a slipstream for the car behind.

To tow along, as a vessel.

An untwisted bundle of fibres such as cellulose acetate, flax, hemp or jute.

A rope or chain for towing a boat; also, a cord; a string.

(specifically) The short, coarse, less desirable fibres separated by hackling from the finer longer fibres (line).

The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.

A rope by which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope.

The act of towing, or the state of being towed; - chiefly used in the phrase, to take in tow, that is to tow.

That which is towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge, raft, collection of boats, ect.

To draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind, by means of a rope.

The act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope;

Drag behind;