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Fiddling vs Fumbling - What's the difference?

fiddling | fumbling |

As verbs the difference between fiddling and fumbling

is that fiddling is while fumbling is .

As nouns the difference between fiddling and fumbling

is that fiddling is action of the verb to fiddle while fumbling is an instance of clumsiness, especially of the hands or fingers.

As an adjective fiddling

is of petty or trivial importance; footling.

fiddling

English

Verb

(head)
    • He was fiddling while Rome burned.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • action of the verb to fiddle
  • * Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
    • [W]e, her doctors

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Of petty or trivial importance; footling
    • It was a fiddling little fault, but was disastrous.

    fumbling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of clumsiness, especially of the hands or fingers.
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