Twitling vs Twitting - What's the difference?
twitling | twitting |
A little twit.
*1984 , Martyn Hammersley, Peter Woods, Life in school :
*2007 , Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora :
The act of one who twits or teases.
* 1867 , Sallie A. Brock, Richmond during the war: four years of personal observation
As nouns the difference between twitling and twitting
is that twitling is a little twit while twitting is the act of one who twits or teases.As a verb twitting is
present participle of lang=en.twitling
English
Noun
(en noun)- "You twit, Long!" ... "You twitling', '''twitling'''! ' Twitling !"
- "Pipe down, twitlings ." Chains poured a splash of the quicksilver wine into Locke's glass and handed it back to him.
twitting
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- With unfeigned courtesy we welcomed back this illustrious body; but they were subjected to the most unmerciful twittings for the fleetness of foot they had exhibited when Richmond was so alarmingly threatened.