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Fluster vs Tizzy - What's the difference?

fluster | tizzy |

As a verb fluster

is to make hot and rosy, as with drinking.

As a noun tizzy is

a state of nervous excitement, confusion, or distress; a dither.

fluster

English

Verb

  • (dated) To make hot and rosy, as with drinking.
  • * Macaulay
    • His habit of flustering himself daily with claret.
  • (by extension) To confuse, befuddle, throw into panic by making overwrought with confusion.
    • He seemed to get flustered when speaking in front of too many people.
  • To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused.
  • * South
    • The flustering , vainglorious Greeks.

    Derived terms

    * flustered (adjective) * flustering (adjective, present participle)

    Anagrams

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    tizzy

    English

    Noun

    (tizzies)
  • A state of nervous excitement, confusion, or distress; a dither.
  • (UK, slang, archaic) A sixpence; a tester.

    • Usage notes

    Frequently used in the phrase “in a tizzy”.

    Synonyms

    * dither * upset

    References