Main Difference
The main difference between Rope and Twine is that the Rope is a linear collection of plies, yarns or strands which are twisted or braided together and Twine is a light string or strong thread.
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Rope
A rope is a group of yarns, plies, fibers or strands that are twisted or braided together into a larger and stronger form. Ropes have tensile strength and so can be used for dragging and lifting. Rope is thicker and stronger than similarly constructed cord, string, and twine.
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Twine
Twine is a light string or strong thread composed of two or more smaller strands or yarns twisted, and then twisted together. More generally, the term can be applied to a cord.
Natural fibres used for making twine include, wool, cotton, sisal, jute, hemp, henequen, and coir. A variety of synthetic fibres are also used.
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Rope (noun)
Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line. t
“Nylon rope is usually stronger than similar rope made of plant fibers.”
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Rope (noun)
An individual length of such material.
“The swinging bridge is constructed of 40 logs and 30 ropes.”
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Rope (noun)
A cohesive strand of something.
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Rope (noun)
A continuous stream.
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Rope (noun)
A hard line drive.
“He hit a rope past third and into the corner.”
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Rope (noun)
A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.
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Rope (noun)
A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.
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Rope (noun)
A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second.s
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Rope (noun)
A necklace of at least 1 meter in length.
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Rope (noun)
Cordage of at least 1 inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.
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Rope (noun)
A unit of length equal to 20 feet.
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Rope (noun)
Flunitrazepam, also known as Rohypnol.
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Rope (noun)
A shot of semen that a man releases during ejaculation.
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Rope (noun)
The small intestines.
“the ropes of birds”
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Rope (verb)
To tie (something) with something.
“The robber roped the victims.”
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Rope (verb)
To throw a rope around (something).
“The cowboy roped the calf.”
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Rope (verb)
To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.
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Rope (verb)
To commit suicide
“My life is a mess, I might as well rope.”
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Twine (noun)
A twist; a convolution.
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Twine (noun)
A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string.
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Twine (noun)
The act of twining or winding round.
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Twine (noun)
Intimate and suggestive dance gyrations.
“1965, Wilson Pickett, Don’t Fight It (blues song), BMI Music.”
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Twine (verb)
To weave together.
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Twine (verb)
To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
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Twine (verb)
To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
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Twine (verb)
To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine.
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Twine (verb)
To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
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Twine (verb)
To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally.
“Many plants twine.”
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Twine (verb)
To turn round; to revolve.
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Twine (verb)
To change the direction of.
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Twine (verb)
To mingle; to mix.
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Twine (noun)
strong thread or string consisting of two or more strands of hemp or cotton twisted together.
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Twine (noun)
an instance of moaning or complaining
“having a good twine today—well, I am British and we do love complaining!”
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Twine (verb)
wind or cause to wind round something
“she twined her arms round his neck”
“the plant will twine round its support”
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Twine (verb)
interlace
“a spray of jasmine was twined in her hair”
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Twine (verb)
moan; complain
“stop twining on about the snow”
“Sorry—I don’t mean to moan at you. I’ve twined about it enough over the years”