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What is the difference between tif and tiff?

tif | tiff |

As nouns the difference between tif and tiff

is that tif is hair while tiff is a small argument; a petty quarrel.

As a verb tiff is

to quarrel or tiff can be (obsolete|transitive) to deck out; to dress.

tif

Not English

Tif has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'tif':

tuff, toff, tiff, taff, teff, thof, tef

tiff

English

Etymology 1

Originally, a sniff, sniffing; compare Icelandic word for a smell.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small argument; a petty quarrel.
  • * 1840 , William Makepeace Thackeray, Catherine: A Story
    • There’s Tom, now, since this tiff with Mrs. Cat, the scoundrel plays the Grand Turk here!
  • Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • sipping his tiff of brandy punch.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To quarrel.
  • * Landor
    • She tiffed with Tim, she ran from Ralph.
    Synonyms
    * See also

    Etymology 2

    Middle English tiffen, (etyl) tiffer, (tifer), to bedizen; compare D. (tippen) to clip the points or ends of the hair, English tip (noun).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To deck out; to dress.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * English intransitive verbs