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Terms vs Hideling - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between terms and hideling

is that terms is while hideling is (dialectal) a person or thing given to hiding itself.

As an adjective hideling is

(dialectal) given to hiding or concealment; secretive; furtive; clandestine; secret.

terms

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Noun

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    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.
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    Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

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