Embroilment vs Tiff - What's the difference?
embroilment | tiff | Related terms |
A small argument; a petty quarrel.
* 1840 , William Makepeace Thackeray, Catherine: A Story
Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor.
* Sir Walter Scott
Embroilment is a related term of tiff.
As a noun embroilment
is the condition of being embroiled in something; an imbroglio or entanglement.As a proper noun tiff is
a nickname for tiffany.embroilment
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tiff
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Etymology 1
Originally, a sniff, sniffing; compare Icelandic word for a smell.Noun
(en noun)- There’s Tom, now, since this tiff with Mrs. Cat, the scoundrel plays the Grand Turk here!
- sipping his tiff of brandy punch.