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Coxcomb vs Trig - What's the difference?

coxcomb | trig |

As nouns the difference between coxcomb and trig

is that coxcomb is the cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe while trig is a dandy; coxcomb.

As an adjective trig is

true; trusty; trustworthy; faithful.

As a verb trig is

to stop (a wheel, barrel, etc.) by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid.

coxcomb

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) The cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe.
  • A foolish or conceited person; a dandy.
  • *
    • for though I am afraid the doctor was a little of a coxcomb , he might be nevertheless very much of a surgeon.
  • * 2010 ,
    • And she nearly started a fight between two young fops in plumed hats and flouncy collars: "Clay-brained coxcomb !" "Mewling milk-livered maggot!"
  • The fleshy red pate of a rooster.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "coxcomb")

    Derived terms

    * coxcombical * coxcombically

    Synonyms

    * cockscomb (3) * fool (2) * popinjay

    trig

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) trig, tryg, (etyl) . More at (l).

    Adjective

    (trigger)
  • True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful.
  • Safe; secure.
  • Tight; firm; steady; sound; in good condition or health.
  • Neat; tidy; trim; spruce; smart.
  • *(British Quarterly Review) (1845-1866)
  • *:To sit on a horse square and trig .
  • *1973 , (Newsweek) , April 16
  • *:The [torture] stories seemed incongruent with the men telling them – a trim, trig lot who, given a few pounds more flesh, might have stepped right out of a recruiting poster.
  • *
  • *:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable,.
  • Active; clever.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A dandy; coxcomb.

    • Etymology 2

    Abbreviation of (trigonometry).

    Noun

  • (uncountable) trigonometry.
  • (countable, informal) A trigonometric point.

    • Etymology 3

    See (trigger).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK) A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.
    • (Wright)

    Verb

    (trigg)
  • To stop (a wheel, barrel, etc.) by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid.

    • Etymology 4

    Compare (etyl) .

    Verb

    (trigg)
  • To fill; to stuff; to cram.

    • Anagrams

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