verve vs twinkle

verve and twinkle both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
verve	Yes	No	No	No
twinkle	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, twinkle is a hyponym of verve; that is, twinkle is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than verve:

verve: an energetic style
twinkle: merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance

Other hyponyms of verve include light, spark, sparkle.

verve (noun)	twinkle (noun)
an energetic style	merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
	a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash

verve (verb)	twinkle (verb)
	gleam or glow intermittently
	emit or reflect light in a flickering manner