Tidying vs Tide - What's the difference?
tidying | tide |
The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon.
A stream, current or flood.
(chronology, obsolete, except in liturgy) Time, notably anniversary, period or season linked to an ecclesiastical feast.
(mining) The period of twelve hours.
Something which changes like the tides of the sea.
Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.
(obsolete) Violent confluence —
To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream.
* Feltham
To pour a tide or flood.
(nautical) To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.
(obsolete) To happen, occur.
What should us tide of this new law? — Chaucer.
As verbs the difference between tidying and tide
is that tidying is present participle of lang=en while tide is to cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream.As nouns the difference between tidying and tide
is that tidying is the act or process in which things are tidied while tide is the periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon.tide
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) tide, from (etyl) . Related to time.Noun
(en noun) (wikipedia tide)- (rfdate) Let in the tide of knaves once more; my cook and I'll provide.'' — Shakespeare, ''Timon of Athens , III-iv
- (rfdate) And rest their weary limbs a tide —
- (rfdate) Which, at the appointed tide , Each one did make his bride —
- (rfdate) ''At the tide of Christ his birth —
- (rfdate) There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.'' — Shakespeare. ''Julius Caesar , IV-iii
Derived terms
* astronomical tide * atmospheric tide * ebb tide * gravitational tide * high tide * hurricane tide * inferior tide * king tide * land tide * low tide * neap tide * oceanic tide * red tide * rip tide * spring tide * storm tide * terrestrial tide * thermal tide * tidal * tidal wave * tide day * tide crack * tide current * tide dial * tide-driven * tide duty * tide gate * tide gauge * tide harbour, tide harbor * tide hour * tide land * tidelands oil * tideless * tide lock * tide mark * tide mill * tide pole * tide pool * tide power * tide predictor * tide railroad * tide rip * tide rock * tide rode * tide runner * tidesman * tide stream * tide table * tide waiter, tidewaiter * tidewater, tide water * tide wave * tide way * tide wheel * tidy * work double tides * Ascensiontide * Christmastide * Eastertide * Passiontide * Rogationtide * WhitsuntideVerb
(tid)- ''They are tided down the stream.
- ''The ocean tided most impressively, even frightening
