twig vs brier
brier vs twigtwig and brier both are nouns.
twig is a verb but brier is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| twig | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| brier | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
brier is a hyponym of
twig; that is, brier is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
twig:
- twig: a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
- brier: a thorny stem or twig
| twig (noun) | brier (noun) |
|---|---|
| a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year | evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes |
| a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries | |
| Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips | |
| tangled mass of prickly plants | |
| a thorny stem or twig |
| twig (verb) | brier (verb) |
|---|---|
| branch out in a twiglike manner | |
| understand, usually after some initial difficulty |
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