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Sideling vs Hideling - What's the difference?

sideling | hideling |

As adjectives the difference between sideling and hideling

is that sideling is directed toward one side while hideling is (dialectal) given to hiding or concealment; secretive; furtive; clandestine; secret.

As an adverb sideling

is in a sidelong direction.

As a noun hideling is

(dialectal) a person or thing given to hiding itself.

sideling

English

Alternative forms

* sidling

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • directed toward one side
  • inclining, having an inclination

    • Synonyms

    * (directed to one side) oblique * (inclining) sloping

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • in a sidelong direction
  • obliquely; askew
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • A fellow nailed up maps some sideling , and others upside down.

    Synonyms

    * sideways

    Derived terms

    * sidle

    Related terms

    * sidelong * sideward * sidewise

    hideling

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (dialectal) Given to hiding or concealment; secretive; furtive; clandestine; secret.
  • *1895 , Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, The Spectator, Volume 7 :
    • [...] although from the small creature's habits it must be to a certain extent local, several places in Kent, Sussex, Surrey, and Hampshire are known to us where it may be called abundant, taking into consideration its hideling ways.
    Related terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialectal) A person or thing given to hiding itself.