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Tidge vs Fidge - What's the difference?

tidge | fidge |

As nouns the difference between tidge and fidge

is that tidge is (informal) a very small amount while fidge is (obsolete|dialectal|scotland) a shake; fiddle or similar agitation.

As a verb fidge is

(obsolete|dialectal|scotland) to fidget; jostle or shake.

tidge

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal) A very small amount.
  • * 1978 , Colin Tudge, " Cold turkey", New Scientist , 21-28 December 1978:
    • Cucumber left for half a day, with red peppers and soy sauce and a tidge of sea salt (which tastes nice) comes through fierce and maritime as a Yangtse pirate.
  • * 2007 , Christian Moerk, Darling Jim , Henry Holt (2009), ISBN 9780805092080, page 39:
    • Before I knew it he had taken my hand and squeezed it, just a tidge , like a gentleman would.
  • * 2008 , Connie Bailey, True Blue , Dreamspinner Press (2008), ISBN 9781935192251, page 178:
    • “Sorry if I'm just a tidge miffed over the dirty trick he played on me.”
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    * See also .

    fidge

    English

    Verb

  • (obsolete, dialectal, Scotland) To fidget; jostle or shake.
  • *1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island)
    • "Look, Jim, how my fingers fidges ," he continued in the pleading tone. "I can't keep 'em still, not I. I haven't had a drop this blessed day. That doctor's a fool, I tell you. If I don't have a dram o' rum, Jim, I'll have the horrors..."

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, dialectal, Scotland) A shake; fiddle or similar agitation.