Organize vs Tidy - What's the difference?
organize | tidy |
To (l) in working order.
To (l) in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize.
* Cranch
To (l) with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being; organized matter; — in this sense used chiefly in the past participle.
* Ray
(music) To sing in parts.
(obsolete) In good time; at the right time; timely; seasonable; opportune; favourable; fit; suitable.
* Tusser
(lb) Brave; smart; skillful; fine; good.
Appropriate or suitable as regards occasion, circumstances, arrangement, or order.
Arranged neatly and in order.
Not messy; neat and controlled.
Satisfactory; comfortable.
(informal) Generous, considerable.
To make tidy; to neaten.
A tabletop container for pens and stationery.
A cover, often of tatting, drawn work, or other ornamental work, for the back of a chair, the arms of a sofa, etc.
(dated) A child's pinafore.
The wren.
(Wales) Expression of positive agreement, usually in reply to a question.
As a verb organize
is to (l) in working order.As a proper noun tidy is
.organize
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Alternative forms
* organiseVerb
(organiz)- This original and supreme will organizes the government.
- These nobler faculties of the mind, matter organized could never produce.
- to organize an anthem
- (Busby)
Derived terms
* organized * organizer * organization * self-organizeExternal links
* * ----tidy
English
Adjective
(er)- if weather be fair and tidy
- Keep Britain tidy .
- The scheme made a tidy profit.
Synonyms
* neat * orderly * presentable * spick and spanAntonyms
* messy * untidyDerived terms
* hair-tidyVerb
Noun
(tidies)- a desk tidy
- (Wright)
- (Drayton)