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Twiggy vs Tiggy - What's the difference?

twiggy | tiggy |

As an adjective twiggy

is (of ground or a plant) having many twigs.

As a noun tiggy is

(australia|new zealand|north island) the children′s game tag.

twiggy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (of ground or a plant) Having many twigs.
  • (of a person) Thin and angular.

    • tiggy

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (Australia, New Zealand, North Island) The children?s game tag.
  • * 1996 M. J. Carr, Murder: Past Tense, p67
    • The teacher tried to encourage him to join in, and would tell Jamie to go and play 'tiggy' with the others.
  • * 2006 Fiona Doyle, "Wet Season Time," On Country: Stories of Nyrlotte, Univ. of Queensland Press, p15
    • Everyone raced to catch squid hiding under floating leaves or wood, or tried to catch seahorses as well as playing tiggy in the water.
  • * 2009 Kirsty Anderson, TATSLINA - The Gipsy Princess, Valerie Yule, Literacy Innovations, p35
    • In the day they would walk along, playing tiggy and talking, and in the evening they would swim and surf

    Synonyms

    * (the game of tag) chasey, it, tag