Wriggle vs. Wiggle

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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 embraceWigglenoun
the act of wiggling
Wiggleverb
move to and fro;
Don't jiggle your finger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!