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Riddling vs Fiddling - What's the difference?

riddling | fiddling |

As verbs the difference between riddling and fiddling

is that riddling is present participle of lang=en while fiddling is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between riddling and fiddling

is that riddling is material removed by riddling, or sieving while fiddling is action of the verb to fiddle

As an adjective fiddling is

of petty or trivial importance; footling.

riddling

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Material removed by riddling, or sieving.
  • * 1832 , The Quarterly Journal of Agriculture (volume 3, page 989)
    • The good grain is riddled by hand into a heap at a convenient part of the barn, and the riddlings are thrown among the stuff which descends to the floor through the other spout.

    fiddling

    English

    Verb

    (head)
    • He was fiddling while Rome burned.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • action of the verb to fiddle
  • * Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
    • [W]e, her doctors

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Of petty or trivial importance; footling
    • It was a fiddling little fault, but was disastrous.