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Techy vs Tetchy - What's the difference?

techy | tetchy |

As adjectives the difference between techy and tetchy

is that techy is technical while tetchy is easily annoyed or irritated; peevish, testy or irascible.

techy

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

(er)
  • (informal) technical
    • Are there any techy types around? My computer has stopped working.

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
    • (Webster 1913)

    tetchy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Easily annoyed or irritated; peevish, testy or irascible
  • * 1592 , (William Shakespeare), (Romeo and Juliette), , (Nurse speaking, spelling modernized):
    • When it did taste the wormwood on the nipple
    Of my dug and felt it bitter, pretty fool,
    To see it tetchy and fall out with the dug!

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