Wriggle vs. Wiggle: What's the Difference?

Wriggle and Wiggle Definitions
Wriggle
To turn or twist the body or a body part with writhing motions
The rabbit's nose wriggled.
Wiggle
To move back and forth with quick irregular motions
The gelatin wiggled on the plate.
Wriggle
To move or proceed with writhing motions
Wriggle into a sleeping bag.
Wriggled out of his grasp.
Wiggle
To move or proceed with a twisting or turning motion; wriggle
Wiggled restlessly in her chair.
Wiggled through the crowd.
Wriggle
To move with a wriggling motion
Wriggle a toe.
ADVERTISEMENT
Wiggle
To insinuate or extricate oneself by sly or subtle means
Wiggled out of a social engagement.
Wriggle
To make (one's way, for example) by or as if by wriggling
He wriggled his way into her good graces.
Wiggle
To cause to move back and forth with quick irregular motions
Wiggle a loose tooth.
Wriggle
A wriggling movement.
Wiggle
To make (one's way, for example) by or as if by wiggling
The pitcher wiggled his way out of a jam.
ADVERTISEMENT
Wriggle
(intransitive) To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm.
Teachers often lose their patience when children wriggle in their seats.
Wiggle
A wiggling movement or course.
Wriggle
(transitive) To cause something to wriggle.
He was sitting on the lawn, wriggling his toes in the grass.
Wiggle
To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; To shake or jiggle.
Her hips wiggle as she walks.
The jelly wiggles on the plate when you move it.
Wriggle
(intransitive) To use crooked or devious means.
ADVERTISEMENT
Wiggle
A rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular.
She walked with a sexy wiggle.
Wriggle
A wriggling movement.
Wiggle
(figurative) An alternating state or characteristic. en
Wriggle
To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.
Both he and successors would often wriggle in their seats, as long as the cushion lasted.
Wiggle
(in the plural) See wiggles.
Wriggle
To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting and squirming; like a worm.
Covetousness will wriggle itself out at a small hole.
Wriggling his body to recoverHis seat, and cast his right leg over.
Wiggle
To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wiggles in the water.
Wriggle
Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible.
Wiggle
Act of wiggling; a wriggle.
Wriggle
Act of wriggling; a short or quick writhing motion or contortion.
Wiggle
The act of wiggling
Wriggle
The act of wiggling
Wiggle
Move to and fro;
Don't jiggle your finger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!
Wriggle
To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling);
The prisoner writhed in discomfort
The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace