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Tiffany vs Tiff - What's the difference?

tiffany | tiff |

As proper nouns the difference between tiffany and tiff

is that tiffany is {{surname|lang=en|A=A northern English} while Tiff is a nickname for Tiffany.

As nouns the difference between tiffany and tiff

is that tiffany is a kind of gauze, or very thin silk while tiff is a small argument; a petty quarrel.

As a verb tiff is

to quarrel.

As an acronym TIFF is

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tiffany

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • transferred from the surname.
  • Short for (poor man's Tiffany)

    • Quotations

    * 1985 Ed McBain: Snow White and Rose Red : page 130: *: "That's her real name, you know. I mean, a lot of girls working the topless joints, they take exotic, sexy names...well, Tiffany Carter, for example...but that was the name Tracy was born with."

    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