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Jittery vs Fidget - What's the difference?

jittery | fidget |

As an adjective jittery

is nervy, jumpy, on edge.

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.

jittery

English

Adjective

(er)
  • nervy, jumpy, on edge
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=September 7 , author=Dominic Fifield , title=England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=Those were all landmark moments to cherish. Just as appealing was the manner in which Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Milner cut swathes down either flank, albeit through flustered full-backs who had looked poorly positioned and horribly jittery from the start. }}

    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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