Scrap vs Tiff - What's the difference?
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A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
* De Quincey
(usually, in the plural) Leftover food.
Discarded material (especially metal), junk.
(ethnic slur, offensive) A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated to the Norte gang.
The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.
To discard.
(of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.
To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
To dispose of at a scrapyard.
To make into scrap.
to fight
A small argument; a petty quarrel.
* 1840 , William Makepeace Thackeray, Catherine: A Story
Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor.
* Sir Walter Scott
Scrap is a related term of tiff.
As a noun scrap
is a (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion or scrap can be a fight, tussle, skirmish.As a verb scrap
is to discard or scrap can be to fight.As a proper noun tiff is
a nickname for tiffany.scrap
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) scrappe, from (etyl) skrap, fromNoun
(en noun)- I have no materials — not a scrap .
- I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole.
- Give the scraps to the dogs and watch them fight.
- That car isn't good for anything but scrap .
- pork scraps
Derived terms
* scrap paper * scrapbook * scrapheap * scrappy * scrapyardVerb
(scrapp)Derived terms
* scrapperEtymology 2
Verb
(scrapp)Anagrams
* English terms with multiple etymologiestiff
English
Etymology 1
Originally, a sniff, sniffing; compare Icelandic word for a smell.Noun
(en noun)- There’s Tom, now, since this tiff with Mrs. Cat, the scoundrel plays the Grand Turk here!
- sipping his tiff of brandy punch.
