Pickled vs Fickled - What's the difference?
pickled | fickled |
(pickle)
Preserved by pickling.
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(label) Drunk.
(fickle)
Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.
(figurative) changeable
* 2014, (Paul Salopek), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text]
To deceive; flatter.
To puzzle; perplex; nonplus.
As verbs the difference between pickled and fickled
is that pickled is past tense of pickle while fickled is past tense of fickle.As an adjective pickled
is preserved by pickling.pickled
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(head)Adjective
(en adjective)fickled
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(head)fickle
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) fikil, fikil, from (etyl) {{term, ficol, , fickle, cunning, tricky , deceitful, lang=ang}}, equivalent to . More at (l).Adjective
(en-adj)- To the south, the vast geometrical deserts of Arabian nomads, a redoubt of feral movement, of fickle winds, of open space, of saddle leather—home to the wild Bedouin tribes.