Twinkle
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer to be bright with delight to bat, blink or wink the eyes to flit to and fro
Part of speech: noun
Definition: a sparkle or glimmer of light a sparkle of delight in the eyes. a flitting movement
Example sentence: My dad has a certain spirit, a twinkle in his eye, someone who can set a certain standard for players but also convey it with humor. What I learned from him is that coaching is, more than anything, about connecting with people.
Wink
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To close one's eyes.To turn a blind eye.To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion.To twinkle.To send an indication of agreement by winking.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.A brief time; an instant.A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.A disc used in the game of tiddlywinks.
Example sentence: There's a lot of movies, and I've made some of them that could be categorized this way, but there's definitely been a trend in animated features of all types to be a little bit cynical, if you will, to have a little bit of 'knowing' humor to them, kind of a wink to the audience.