Tizzy vs Roiled - What's the difference?
tizzy | roiled |
A state of nervous excitement, confusion, or distress; a dither.
(UK, slang, archaic) A sixpence; a tester.
(roil)
To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of
* To roil wine, cider, etc, in casks or bottles
* To roil a spring.
To annoy; to make someone angry.
* R. North
To bubble, seethe.
* {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
, title=Internal Combustion
, chapter=2 (obsolete) To wander; to roam.
(obsolete, UK, dialect, intransitive) To romp.
As a noun tizzy
is a state of nervous excitement, confusion, or distress; a dither.As a verb roiled is
past tense of roil.tizzy
English
Noun
(tizzies)Usage notes
Frequently used in the phrase “in a tizzy”.Synonyms
* dither * upsetReferences
roiled
English
Verb
(head)roil
English
Verb
(en verb)- That his friends should believe it, was what roiled him exceedingly.
citation, passage=Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point. The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.}}
- (Halliwell)