Tight vs Nasty - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between tight and nasty

is that tight is firmly held together; compact; not loose or open while nasty is .

As an adverb tight

is firmly, so as not to come loose easily.

As a verb tight

is (obsolete) to tighten.

As a noun nasty is

(lb) something nasty.

tight

English

Adjective

(er)

Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.

Fitting close, or too close, to the body.

Of a space, etc, narrow, so that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.

Of a turn, sharp, so that the timeframe for making it is narrow and following it is difficult.

Under high tension.

*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=17 citation , passage=The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […].}}

*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=November 10, author=Jeremy Wilson, work=Telegraph, title= England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report

, passage=The only negative from a comfortable first-half was the sight of Aston Villa’s Nathan Delfouneso being withdrawn with a tight hamstring after only 11 minutes.}}

Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.

Lacking holes; difficult to penetrate; waterproof.

* 1965 , MotorBoating , page 145

He reported the hull was tight and secure and did not leak a drop.

*2014 , Ian Black, " Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis", The Guardian , 27 November:

*:Security is tight inside and outside the building, guarded by a bewildering collection of soldiers, policemen and gendarmes. Relatives watch as prisoners in handcuffs and leg irons shuffle past.

*2014 , , " Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian , 18 October 2014:

*:The odd thing was that Sunderland made the better start and showed early signs that they might pose serious problems to the Premier League’s tightest defence.

(lb) Intoxicated; drunk or acting like being drunk.

*2001 , (Gaelic Storm), Johnny Tarr'' (on the album '' ):

*:Johnny walked into the Castle Bar, looking to get tight .

(lb) Intimately friendly.

(lb) Extraordinarily great or special.

Mean; unfair; unkind.

*1977 , Willy Russell, Our Day Out , Act One, Scene One:

*:Reilly: Ey, Miss, hang on, hang on... can we come with y', Miss? Can we?

*:Digga: Go on, Miss, don't be tight , let's come.

*2001 , Kevin Sampson, Outlaws , p.244:

*:"Ah leave him, ay!" goes one of the girls. "Don't be tight'." I turns to her. "Don't you think it's ' tight terrorising old ladies? Ay?"

*2011 , Andrew Hicks, "Thai Girl: A story of the one who said 'no'", unnumbered page :

*:"That's right ... so even when life's a grind, the Thais keep smiling. They think the farang are a miserable lot who have to get drunk to enjoy themselves."

*:"Dutch, that's tight mate, I mean what's wrong with getting pissed. When you're not working, you gotta have a good time," said Darren.

Miserly or frugal.

(lb) Scarce, hard to come by.

(rfd-sense) (ux) Not conceding many goals.

(lb) Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.

*(John Evelyn) (1620-1706)

*:clad very plain, but clean and tight

*(Thomas Gray) (1716-1771)

*:I'll spin and card, and keep our children tight .

*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husbandfrom time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.

(lb) Handy; adroit; brisk.

:(Shakespeare)

(lb) Of a player, who plays very few hands. (rfex)

(lb) Using a strategy which involves playing very few hands. (rfex)

Synonyms

* (pushed/pulled together''): close, serried (''of ranks ), tight-fitting (of clothes) * (narrow ): narrow * (under high tension ): taut, tense, under tension * (well-rehearsed and accurate ): polished, precise * (intimately friendly ): close, close-knit, intimate * (slang: intoxicated''): ''See also * (slang: extraordinarily great or special ): ace, cool, fab, rad, slick

Antonyms

* (pushed/pulled together''): baggy (''of clothing or other material ), loose, sagging, saggy, slack * (narrow ): broad, capacious, open, roomy, spacious, wide * (under high tension ): loose, relaxed, slack * (well-rehearsed and accurate ): slack, slapdash, sloppy * (slang: extraordinarily great or special ): crap, naff, pathetic, rubbish

Derived terms

* airtight * as tight as a duck's arse, tight as a duck's arse * as tight as a gnat's chuff, tight as a gnat's chuff * dust-tight * finger-tight * in tight * light-tight * skintight * steamtight * supertight * tight as a tick * tightass * tight closure * tighten * tight end * tight-fisted * tight-fitting * tight-knit * tight-laced * tight lattice * tight-lipped * tightly * tightness * tightrope * tights * tightwad * tightwire * tighty whities * uptight * watertight * weathertight

Adverb

(en adverb)

Firmly, so as not to come loose easily.

Make sure the lid is closed tight .

Soundly.

Good night, sleep tight.

Synonyms

* (firmly ): fast, firmly, securely * (soundly ): soundly, well

Antonyms

* (firmly ): loosely * (soundly ): badly, fitfully

Derived terms

* hold tight * sit tight * sleep tight

Verb

(en verb)

(obsolete) To tighten.

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nasty

English

Adjective

(er)

*2006 , Marie Fontaine, The Chronicles of my Ghetto Street Volume One , p. 156:

*:I really don't have any friends at school Mama Mia. They talk about me all the time. They say my hair's nappy and my clothes are nasty .

*{{quote-magazine, title=Towards the end of poverty

, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838, page=11, magazine=(The Economist) citation , passage=But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty , brutish and short.}}

Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person).

*1897 , (Bram Stoker), Dracula :

*:Jonathan kept staring at him, till I was afraid he would notice. I feared he might take it ill, he looked so fierce and nasty .

Objectionable, unpleasant (of a thing); repellent, offensive.

*1838 , (Charles Dickens), Oliver Twist :

*:‘It's a nasty trade,’ said Mr. Limbkins, when Gamfield had again stated his wish.

Indecent or offensive; obscene, lewd.

*1933 , (Dorothy L Sayers), Murder Must Advertise :

*:He said to Mr. Tallboy he thought the headline was a bit hot. And Mr. Tallboy said he had a nasty mind.

*2009 , Okera H, Be Your Priority, Not His Option , Mill City Press 2009, p. 45:

*:We want threesomes, blowjobs, and orgies. That's just the way it is. We want the good girl who's nasty in bed.

Spiteful, unkind.

*2012 , The Guardian , 3 Jun 2012:

*:She had said: "I love the block button on Twitter. I don't know how people expect to send a nasty comment and not get blocked."

*2007 , The Observer , 5 Aug 2007:

*:There was a nasty period during the First World War when the family's allegiance was called into question - not least because one of the Schroders had been made a baron by the Kaiser.

*2012 , James Ball, The Guardian , 2 Mar 2012:

*:Moving into the middle ages, William the Conqueror managed to rout the English and rule the country, then see off numerous plots and assassination attempts, before his horse did for him in a nasty fall, killing him at 60.

Noun

(nasties)

(lb) Something nasty.

Processed foods are full of aspartame and other nasties .

This video game involves flying through a maze zapping various nasties .

Sexual intercourse.

Derived terms

* do the nasty * nastygram * video nasty

Anagrams

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