tug vs wrest

tug

verb
  • To pull or drag with great effort. 

  • To masturbate. 

  • To tow by tugboat. 

  • To pull hard repeatedly. 

noun
  • A dog toy consisting of a rope, often with a knot in it. 

  • A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness. 

  • A tugboat. 

  • An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed. 

  • A sudden powerful pull. 

  • An act of male masturbation. 

wrest

verb
  • To obtain by pulling or violent force. 

  • To tune with a wrest, or key. 

  • To seize. 

  • To distort, to pervert, to twist. 

  • To pull or twist violently. 

noun
  • A key to tune a stringed instrument. 

  • A partition in a water wheel by which the form of the buckets is determined. 

  • The act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion. 

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