Giddy vs Whimsical - What's the difference?
giddy | whimsical |
Dizzy, feeling dizzy or unsteady and as if about to fall down.
Causing dizziness: causing dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness.
Lightheartedly silly, or joyfully elated.
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
, title=
, chapter=2 (archaic) Frivolous, impulsive, inconsistent, changeable.
* 1599 ,
* 1784 , , Tirocinium; or, A Review of Schools
(obsolete) To make dizzy or unsteady.
To reel; to whirl.
Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing.
As adjectives the difference between giddy and whimsical
is that giddy is dizzy, feeling dizzy or unsteady and as if about to fall down while whimsical is given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing.As a verb giddy
is (obsolete|transitive) to make dizzy or unsteady.giddy
English
Adjective
(er)- The man became giddy upon standing up so fast.
- They climbed to a giddy height.
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- The boy was giddy when he opened his birthday presents.
- In brief, since I do purpose to marry, I will think nothing to any purpose that the world can say against it; and therefore never flout at me for what I have said against it, for man is a giddy thing, and this is my conclusion.
- Young heads are giddy and young hearts are warm,
- And make mistakes for manhood to reform.
Synonyms
* dizzyDerived terms
* giddinessSee also
* vertiginousVerb
- (Chapman)