Twinkle vs. Winkle — What's the Difference?

To shine with slight, intermittent gleams, as distant lights or stars; flicker; glimmer.

A periwinkle.

To be bright or sparkling, as with merriment or delight

To pry, extract, or force from a place or position. Often used with out.

To blink or wink the eyes.

A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae.

To move about or to and fro rapidly and gracefully; flit.

Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, especially, in the United States, either of two species Busycotypus canaliculatus and Busycon carica.

To emit (light) in slight, intermittent gleams.

The penis, especially that of a boy rather than that of a man.

A slight, intermittent gleam of light; a sparkling flash; a glimmer.

Syn of winkle out

A sparkle of merriment or delight in the eye.

Any periwinkle.

A brief interval; a twinkling.

Small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked

A rapid to-and-fro movement.

Edible marine gastropod

(of a source of light) To shine with a flickering light; to glimmer.

Emit or reflect light in a flickering manner;

To be bright with delight.

Gleam or glow intermittently;

To bat, blink or wink the eyes.

Remove or displace from a position

To flit to and fro.

A sparkle or glimmer of light.

A sparkle of delight in the eyes.

A flitting movement.

(colloquial) A brief moment; a twinkling.

(childish) The female genitalia.

To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.

To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate.

A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye.

A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated.

The time of a wink; a twinkling.

A rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash

Gleam or glow intermittently;

Emit or reflect light in a flickering manner;