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Tift vs Tiff - What's the difference?

tift | tiff |

As nouns the difference between tift and tiff

is that tift is a fit of pettishness, or slight anger; a tiff while tiff is a small argument; a petty quarrel.

As a verb tiff is

to quarrel.

As an acronym TIFF is

tagged image file format.

As a proper noun Tiff is

a nickname for Tiffany.

tift

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A fit of pettishness, or slight anger; a tiff.
  • After all your fatigue you seem as ready for a tift with me as if you had newly come from church. — Blackwood's Magazine.
    (Webster 1913)

    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)