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Squirming vs Fidgeting - What's the difference?

squirming | fidgeting |

As verbs the difference between squirming and fidgeting

is that squirming is while fidgeting is .

As nouns the difference between squirming and fidgeting

is that squirming is the motion of something that squirms while fidgeting is a fidgety motion.

squirming

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The motion of something that squirms.
  • * 1927 , Harper's Magazine: Volume 155
    • these squirmings of the newborn

    fidgeting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fidgety motion.