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Tendency vs Squabbly - What's the difference?

tendency | squabbly |

As a noun tendency

is a likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.

As an adjective squabbly is

having the tendency to squabble, argumentative.

tendency

English

Noun

(tendencies)
  • A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.
    • Denim has a tendency to fade.
  • An organised unit or faction within a larger political organisation.
    • a militant tendency

    Derived terms

    * multitendency

    Synonyms

    * inclination * disposition * propensity * penchant * trend

    squabbly

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the tendency to squabble, argumentative
  • *2000 , Staughton Lynd, Alice Lynd - The New Rank and File] [http://books.google.com/books?id=M2kYtHspVzcC&pg=PA125&dq=squabbly&lr=&sig=pISvRaSRV2N_5QlUxukcLCBNf0s page 125
  • *:''We came to have paid staff, and had to go by rules and regulations and contracts, and things started to get squabbly
  • *1983 , Frederick Vanderbilt Field - From Right to Left: An Autobiography] [http://books.google.com/books?id=I0IiAAAAMAAJ&q=squabbly&dq=squabbly&lr=&pgis=1 page 37
  • *:Perhaps the two girls were closer to each other, but Osgood and I were a squabbly pair of youngsters.