twig vs savvy

twig and savvy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
twig	Yes	No	Yes	No
savvy	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, savvy is a hypernym of twig; that is, savvy is a word with a broader meaning than twig:

Other hypernyms of twig include apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok.

twig (noun)	savvy (noun)
a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year	the cognitive condition of someone who understands

twig (verb)	savvy (verb)
branch out in a twiglike manner	get the meaning of something
understand, usually after some initial difficulty