girn vs gnarl

girn

verb
  • To grimace; to snarl. 

  • To make elaborate unnatural and distorted faces as a form of amusement or in a girning competition. 

  • To whinge, moan, complain. 

noun
  • A vocalization similar to a cat's purring. 

gnarl

verb
  • To snarl or growl; to gnar. 

  • To knot or twist something. 

adj
  • Gnarled, knotty, twisted. 

noun
  • A knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree. 

  • Something resembling a knot in wood, such as in stone or limbs. 

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