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Needling vs Nerdling - What's the difference?

needling | nerdling |

As nouns the difference between needling and nerdling

is that needling is a needy person while nerdling is a young or unimportant nerd.

As a verb needling

is present participle of needle.

needling

English

Etymology 1

From .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A needy person.

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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    nerdling

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A young or unimportant nerd.
  • * 2010 , Ken Denmead, Geek Dad: Awesomely Geeky Projects and Activities for Dads and Kids to Share , Gotham Books (2010), ISBN 9781101404317, unnumbered page:
    • I have merely scratched the surface of life with your nerdling .
  • * 2010 , Simon Pegg, Nerd Do Well , Arrow Books (2011), ISBN 9780099551553, page 54:
    • To a nerdling it was appealing for obvious reasons — ghosts, time travel and moderate violence - but I think there were probably deeper emotions at work within me.
  • * 2011 , Christopher Schwarz, The Workbench Design Book: The Art & Philosophy of Building Better Benches , F+W Media (2011), ISBN 9781440311321, page 209:
    • When I was a young nerdling , I loved the video game “Ultima” – not because of the raping and the pillaging, but because you spent most of your time exploring a huge map of the world.

    Synonyms

    * dweeblet, geeklet, geekling, nerdlet