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Nervous vs Fidget - What's the difference?

nervous | fidget |

As a adjective nervous

is (obscure) of a piece of writing: forceful, powerful.

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.

nervous

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obscure) Of a piece of writing: forceful, powerful.
  • * '>citation
  • Easily agitated or alarmed; on edge or edgy.
  • Apprehensive, anxious, hesitant, worried.
  • Relating to or affecting the nerves.
  • the central nervous system

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * calm, relaxed

    Derived terms

    * nervously * nervousness * nervous breakdown * nervous energy * autonomic nervous system * central nervous system * enteric nervous system * parasympathetic nervous system * peripheral nervous system * sympathetic nervous system

    References

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    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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