Tweek vs. Tweak

Tweek vs. Tweak — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Tweek and Tweak

Tweeknoun

A form of atmospherics (radio interference) produced when the high-frequency components reach the receiver before the low-frequency components.

Tweaknoun

A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch.

a tweak of the nose.

Tweaknoun

A slight adjustment or modification.

He is running so many tweaks it is hard to remember how it looked originally.

Tweaknoun

Trouble; distress; tweag.

Tweaknoun

A prostitute.

Tweaknoun

(cryptography) An additional input to a block cipher, used in conjunction with the key to select the permutation computed by the cipher.

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Tweaknoun

a squeeze with the fingers

Tweakverb

pinch or squeeze sharply

Tweakverb

pull or pull out sharply;

pluck the flowers off the bush

Tweakverb

adjust finely;

fine-tune the engine