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Fidget vs Restless - What's the difference?

fidget | restless |

As a verb fidget

is to wiggle or twitch; to move around nervously or idly.

As a noun fidget

is (informal) a person who fidgets, especially habitually.

As an adjective restless is

not allowing or affording rest.

fidget

English

Verb

  • To wiggle or twitch; to move around nervously or idly.
  • * 1883:
  • "Look, Jim, how my fingers fidget ," he continued, in the pleading tone. "I can't keep e'm still, not I."
  • To cause to fidget; to make uneasy.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1905, author=
  • , title= , chapter=1 citation , passage= “Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster.}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A person who fidgets, especially habitually.
  • See also

    * have the fidgets

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    restless

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not allowing or affording rest.
  • The night before his wedding was a restless one.
  • Without rest; unable to be still or quiet; uneasy; continually moving.
  • He was a restless child.
    She sat, restless and nervous, and tried to concentrate.
  • Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose; eager for change; discontented.
  • A restless ambition.
  • Deprived of rest or sleep.
  • They remained restless , sitting by the window the entire night.

    Derived terms

    * restlessly * restlessness

    Synonyms

    * antsy

    References

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