Wriggle vs. Wiggle

Wriggle vs. Wiggle — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Wriggle and Wiggle

Wriggleverb

(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.

Wiggleverb

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.

Wriggleverb

(transitive) To cause to or make something wriggle.

He was sitting on the lawn, wriggling his toes in the grass.

Wigglenoun

A rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular.

She walked with a sexy wiggle.

Wrigglenoun

A wriggling movement.

Wigglenoun

(figurative) An alternating state or characteristic.

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Wrigglenoun

the act of wiggling

Wigglenoun

(in the plural) See wiggles.

Wriggleverb

to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling);

The prisoner writhed in discomfortThe child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace

Wigglenoun

the act of wiggling

Wiggleverb

move to and fro;

Don't jiggle your finger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!