Pivot vs. Twist
Pivotnoun
A thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as the end of an axle or spindle.
Pivotnoun
Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation.
Pivotnoun
Act of turning on one foot.
Pivotnoun
(military) The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place while the company or line moves around him in wheeling.
Pivotnoun
(roller derby) A player with responsibility for co-ordinating their team in a particular jam.
Pivotnoun
(computing) An element of a set to be sorted that is chosen as a midpoint, so as to divide the other elements into two groups to be dealt with recursively.
Pivotnoun
(computing) A pivot table.
Pivotnoun
(GUI) Any of a row of captioned elements used to navigate to subpages, rather like tabs.
Pivotnoun
(mathematics) An element of a matrix that is used as a focus for row operations, such as dividing the row by the pivot, or adding multiples of the row to other rows making all other values in the pivot column 0.
Pivotverb
(intransitive) To turn on an exact spot.
Pivotnoun
A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns.
Pivotnoun
The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch.
Pivotnoun
Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise.
Pivotnoun
The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place whike the company or line moves around him in wheeling; - called also pivot man.
Pivotverb
To place on a pivot.
Pivotnoun
the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver
Pivotnoun
axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns
Pivotnoun
the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot;
Pivotverb
turn on a pivot
Pivotnoun
the central point, pin, or shaft on which a mechanism turns or oscillates.
Pivotnoun
a person or thing that plays a central part in a situation or enterprise
Pivotnoun
the person or position from which a body of troops takes its reference point when moving or changing course.
Pivotnoun
a player in a central position in a team sport.
Pivotnoun
a movement in which the player holding the ball may move in any direction with one foot, while keeping the other (the pivot foot) in contact with the floor.
Pivotverb
turn on or as if on a pivot
Pivotverb
provide (a mechanism) with a pivot; fix (a mechanism) on a pivot.
Pivotverb
depend on
Twistnoun
A twisting force.
Twistnoun
Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
Twistnoun
The form given in twisting.
Twistnoun
The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
Twistnoun
A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.
Twistnoun
A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
Twistnoun
A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
Twistnoun
A distortion to the meaning of a word or passage.
Twistnoun
(authorship) An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
Twistnoun
A type of dance characterised by rotating one’s hips. See Wikipedia:Twist (dance)
Twistnoun
A rotation of the body when diving.
Twistnoun
A sprain, especially to the ankle.
Twistnoun
(obsolete) A twig.
Twistnoun
(slang) A girl, a woman.
Twistnoun
(obsolete) A roll of twisted dough, baked.
Twistnoun
A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.
Twistnoun
The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
Twistnoun
A beverage made of brandy and gin.
Twistnoun
A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.
Twistverb
To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
Twistverb
To join together by twining one part around another.
Twistverb
To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
Twistverb
To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
Twistverb
(reflexive) To wind into; to insinuate.
Twistverb
To turn a knob etc.
Twistverb
To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
Twistverb
To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
Twistverb
To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
Twistverb
To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
Twistverb
(transitive) To cause to rotate.
Twistverb
(intransitive) To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).
Twistverb
(transitive) To coax.
Twistverb
(card games) In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.
Twistverb
To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
Twistverb
Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert; as, to twist a passage cited from an author.
Twistverb
To distort, as a solid body, by turning one part relatively to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to torsion; as, to twist a shaft.
Twistverb
To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
Twistverb
To wind into; to insinuate; - used reflexively; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns.
Twistverb
To unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible substance, round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as, to twist yarn or thread.
Twistverb
Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another; to wreathe; to make up.
Twistverb
To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton.
Twistverb
To be contorted; to writhe; to be distorted by torsion; to be united by winding round each other; to be or become twisted; as, some strands will twist more easily than others.
Twistverb
To follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form of a helix.
Twistnoun
The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution; a bending.
Twistnoun
The form given in twisting.
Twistnoun
That which is formed by twisting, convoluting, or uniting parts.
Twistnoun
A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other.
Twistnoun
A twig.
Twistnoun
A kind of closely twisted, strong sewing silk, used by tailors, saddlers, and the like.
Twistnoun
Act of imparting a turning or twisting motion, as to a pitched ball; also, the motion thus imparted; as, the twist of a billiard ball.
Twistnoun
A kind of cotton yarn, of several varieties.
Twistnoun
A strong individual tendency, or bent; a marked inclination; a bias; - often implying a peculiar or unusual tendency; as, a twist toward fanaticism.
Twistnoun
A roll of twisted dough, baked.
Twistnoun
A little twisted roll of tobacco.
Twistnoun
One of the threads of a warp, - usually more tightly twisted than the filling.
Twistnoun
A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together; as, Damascus twist.
Twistnoun
The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
Twistnoun
A beverage made of brandy and gin.
Twistnoun
an unforeseen development;
Twistnoun
an interpretation of a text or action;
Twistnoun
any clever (deceptive) maneuver;
Twistnoun
the act of rotating rapidly;
Twistnoun
a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments;
Twistnoun
a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
Twistnoun
a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
Twistnoun
a jerky pulling movement
Twistnoun
a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
Twistnoun
social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s;
Twistnoun
the act of winding or twisting;
Twistnoun
turning or twisting around (in place);
Twistverb
to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling);
Twistverb
cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form;
Twistverb
turn in the opposite direction;
Twistverb
form into a spiral shape;
Twistverb
form into twists;
Twistverb
do the twist
Twistverb
twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates;
Twistverb
practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
Twistverb
twist suddenly so as to sprain;
