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Paddling vs Piddling - What's the difference?

paddling | piddling |

As verbs the difference between paddling and piddling

is that paddling is (all senses ) while piddling is .

As a noun paddling

is a collective noun for ducks when they are on water.

As an adjective piddling is

insignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, useless.

paddling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A collective noun for ducks when they are on water.

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    Verb

    (head)
  • (all senses )

    • piddling

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Insignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, useless.
    • After all the work I'd done, he gave me a piddling amount of money.
    The ignoble hucksterage of piddling tithes. — Milton.

    Verb

    (head)