Whimsical vs Fitful - What's the difference?
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Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing.
Irregular; unsteady; characterized by fits.
*1605 , Shakespeare, Macbeth ,
*1851 ,
*:The cabin lamp—taking long swings this way and that— was burning fitfully, and casting fitful shadows upon the old man’s bolted door [...]
*2012 , The Economist,
*:So fitful has Britain’s economy been that any good news is understandably snatched at.
As adjectives the difference between whimsical and fitful
is that whimsical is given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing while fitful is irregular; unsteady; characterized by fits.whimsical
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* whimsical sexfitful
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(en adjective)- His breathing was fitful .
- [...] Duncan is in his grave;
- After life's fitful fever he sleeps well;
The economy: Don’t say “green shoots”