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Twiddle vs Tiddle - What's the difference?

twiddle | tiddle |

As verbs the difference between twiddle and tiddle

is that twiddle is to wiggle, fidget or play with; to move around while tiddle is (transitive|obsolete|uk|dialect) to treat with tenderness; to fondle.

As a noun twiddle

is a slight twist with the fingers.

twiddle

English

Verb

(twiddl)
  • To wiggle, fidget or play with; to move around.
    • She sat and nervously twiddled her hair while she waited.
  • (computing) To flip or switch two adjacent bits.
  • (mathematics) To be in an equivalence relation with.
  • To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles.
    • (Halliwell)

    Derived terms

    * twiddle one's thumbs * twiddler

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A slight twist with the fingers.
  • (UK, dialect) A pimple.
    • (Halliwell)

    tiddle

    English

    Alternative forms

    * tidder

    Verb

    (tiddl)
  • (transitive, obsolete, UK, dialect) To treat with tenderness; to fondle.
    • (Webster 1913)