Freakish vs Fitful - What's the difference?
freakish | fitful | Related terms |
resembling a freak
strange, unusual, abnormal or bizarre
* 2013 , Phil McNulty, "
capricious or unpredictable
Irregular; unsteady; characterized by fits.
*1605 , Shakespeare, Macbeth ,
*1851 ,
*:The cabin lamp—taking long swings this way and that— was burning fitfully, and casting fitful shadows upon the old man’s bolted door [...]
*2012 , The Economist,
*:So fitful has Britain’s economy been that any good news is understandably snatched at.
Freakish is a related term of fitful.
As adjectives the difference between freakish and fitful
is that freakish is resembling a freak while fitful is irregular; unsteady; characterized by fits.freakish
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Man City 4-1 Man Utd", BBC Sport , 22 September 2013:
- This was arguably a more emphatic win than that Old Trafford thrashing, without the freakish element and simply the result of City's vast superiority in all areas.
Derived terms
* freakishlyfitful
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- His breathing was fitful .
- [...] Duncan is in his grave;
- After life's fitful fever he sleeps well;
The economy: Don’t say “green shoots”