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Tic vs Tib - What's the difference?

tic | tib |

As nouns the difference between tic and tib

is that tic is a local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles while tib is (medical informal) Short form of tibia.

As a verb tic

is to exhibit a tic; to undergo convulsive muscle movements.

As an initialism TIC

is tourist Information Centre.

As an abbreviation TiB is

tebibyte, 240 bytes.

tic

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles.
  • Shortened form of ticket

    • Verb

    (ticc)
  • To exhibit a tic; to undergo convulsive muscle movements.

    • See also

    * ("tic" on Wikipedia)

    Anagrams

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    tib

    English

    Etymology 1

    Abbreviation of tibia .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medical informal'') Short form of ''tibia .

    • See also

    * fib

    Etymology 2

    Origin unknown; perhaps from a pet form of Isabel .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) a working-class woman; a prostitute
  • :* 1964': But this woman was, he thought, no '''tib , no purveyor of holy mutton. — Anthony Burgess, ''Nothing Like The Sun
  • (obsolete) a young girl, a sweetheart

    • Anagrams

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