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Miffed vs Tiffed - What's the difference?

miffed | tiffed |

As verbs the difference between miffed and tiffed

is that miffed is (miff) while tiffed is (tiff).

As an adjective miffed

is (informal) irritated, angry, put out or annoyed.

miffed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (informal) Irritated, angry, put out or annoyed.
  • *

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (miff)

    • tiffed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (tiff)

    • tiff

    English

    Etymology 1

    Originally, a sniff, sniffing; compare Icelandic word for a smell.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small argument; a petty quarrel.
  • * 1840 , William Makepeace Thackeray, Catherine: A Story
    • There’s Tom, now, since this tiff with Mrs. Cat, the scoundrel plays the Grand Turk here!
  • Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • sipping his tiff of brandy punch.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To quarrel.
  • * Landor
    • She tiffed with Tim, she ran from Ralph.
    Synonyms
    * See also

    Etymology 2

    Middle English tiffen, (etyl) tiffer, (tifer), to bedizen; compare D. (tippen) to clip the points or ends of the hair, English tip (noun).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To deck out; to dress.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * English intransitive verbs