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Fettle vs Status - What's the difference?

fettle | status |

As nouns the difference between fettle and status

is that fettle is a state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim while status is a person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.

As a verb fettle

is to sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair.

fettle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim.
  • One's mental state; spirits.
  • Sand used to line a furnace.
  • (Geordie, Cumbria) A person's mood or state, often assuming the worst.
    • What's yer fettle marra?
  • (ceramics) a seam line left by the meeting of mold pieces.
  • (UK, dialect) The act of fettling.
    • (Wright)

    Usage notes

    Outside of dialects, this term is a , found only in the phrase (m).

    Derived terms

    * in fine fettle

    Verb

  • (Northern England) To sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair.
    • (Carlyle)
  • To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.
    • (Bishop Hall)
  • To line the hearth of a furnace with sand prior to pouring molten metal.
  • (Geordie) To be upset or in a bad mood.
    • Divint fettle yersel ower that!
  • In ceramics, to remove (as by sanding) the seam lines left by the meeting of two molds.
  • (archaic) To prepare.
  • * 1595 , William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
    • But fettle your fine joints 'gainst Thursday next...

    Derived terms

    * fettler * fettling

    See also

    * fash

    References

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    status

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
  • Prestige or high standing.
  • * 1957 , Gladys Sellew and Paul Hanly Furfey, Sociology and Its Use in Nursing Service , Saunders, page 81
    • The king has status' in his kingdom, and the pauper has ' status within his immediate group of peers.
  • A situation or state of affairs.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-03-15, volume=410, issue=8878, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Turn it off , passage=If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control 20 of the top 25 cable markets, […]. Antitrust officials will need to consider Comcast's status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry.}}
  • (label) The legal condition of a person or thing.
  • # The state (of a Canadian Indian) of being registered under the .
  • He is a status Indian.
  • (label) A function of some instant messaging applications, whereby a user may post a message that appears automatically to other users, if they attempt to make contact.

    • Derived terms

    * status quo * status symbol