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Fidgety vs Twitchy - What's the difference?

fidgety | twitchy | Synonyms |

As adjectives the difference between fidgety and twitchy

is that fidgety is having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget while twitchy is susceptible to twitching a lot.

fidgety

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget.
    • Her mother hated taking her on the plane because she would become fidgety and bother her neighbours.

    Derived terms

    * fidgetily * fidgetiness

    twitchy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • susceptible to twitching a lot.
  • (figuratively) irritable, cranky
  • * 2011 , Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/15210221.stm]
    • Johnson's contract expires in November, and four weeks as memorable for scandals off the pitch as any achievements on it will do little to appease the notoriously twitchy committee-men at the Rugby Football Union.