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Squabble vs Shindy - What's the difference?

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Squabble is a related term of shindy.


As nouns the difference between squabble and shindy

is that squabble is a minor fight or argument as between children, for example while shindy is a shindig.

As a verb squabble

is to participate in a minor fight or argument.

squabble

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A minor fight or argument as between children, for example.

    • Derived terms

    * squabbly

    Verb

    (squabbl)
  • To participate in a minor fight or argument.
    • ''The brothers were always squabbling with each other.
  • * I. Watts
    • The sense of these propositions is very plain, though logicians might squabble a whole day whether they should rank them under negative or affirmative.
  • (printing) To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry and require readjustment.
    • to squabble type

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * squabbler

    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)