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worm vs screw

screw vs worm

worm and screw both are nouns.

worm and screw both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
worm Yes No Yes No
screw Yes No Yes No
As nouns, screw is a hypernym of worm; that is, screw is a word with a broader meaning than worm:
  • worm: screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack
  • screw: a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head
worm (noun) screw (noun)
any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae slang for sexual intercourse
screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head
a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air
a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole
someone who guards prisoners
worm (verb) screw (verb)
to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling) defeat someone through trickery or deceit
tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions
cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion
turn like a screw
have sexual intercourse with
Difference between worm and screw

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