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Scuffle vs Shindy - What's the difference?

scuffle | shindy |

In slang|lang=en terms the difference between scuffle and shindy

is that scuffle is (slang) to make a living with difficulty, getting by on a low income, to struggle financially while shindy is (slang) an uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot.

As nouns the difference between scuffle and shindy

is that scuffle is a rough disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters while shindy is a shindig.

As a verb scuffle

is to fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.

scuffle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A rough disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters
  • * L'Estrange
    • The dog leaps upon the serpent, and tears it to pieces; but in the scuffle the cradle happened to be overturned.
  • A Dutch hoe, manipulated by both pushing and pulling
  • (archaic) A child's pinafore or bib.

    • Synonyms

    * (Dutch hoe) scuffle hoe

    Verb

    (scuffl)
  • To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.
  • * Eikon Basilike
    • A gallant man had rather fight to great disadvantage in the field, in an orderly way, than scuffle with an undisciplined rabble.
  • To walk with a shuffling gait.
  • (slang) To make a living with difficulty, getting by on a low income, to struggle financially.

    • shindy

    English

    Noun

    (shindies)
  • A shindig.
  • * 1939 , John Boynton Priestley, Let the People Sing
    • "Well, from what I hear," Dr. Buckie went on, complacently, "there'll be more shindies . So look out!"
  • (slang) An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot.
    • (Thackeray)
  • hockey; shinney
    • (Bartlett)
  • (US, dialect, dated) A fancy or liking.
    • (Bartlett)