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Widdled vs Riddled - What's the difference?

widdled | riddled |

As verbs the difference between widdled and riddled

is that widdled is past tense of widdle while riddled is past tense of riddle.

As an adjective riddled is

damaged throughout by holes.

widdled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (widdle)

    • widdle

    English

    Verb

  • (chiefly, British) To urinate
  • (colloquial) To play guitar fast. This is generally in reference to electric guitar.

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    Adjective

    (er)
  • (childish, chiefly, US) Little; used in imitation of childish speech.

    • Synonyms

    * ickle (UK)

    See also

    * whittle similar sounding term, but not quite homophonic in most varieties of English

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    riddled

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Damaged throughout by holes.
  • Having (something) spread throughout, as if by an infestation.
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  • The minister claimed that the old benefits system was riddled with abuse and fraud.
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  • #* 2008 , Joan London, The Good Parents , Random House Australia, ISBN 978-1-74166-793-6, page 235:
  • They took a swig each from an old bottle of sherry and ate some stale digestive biscuits sealed in a tin in the mouse-riddled cupboards.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (riddle)

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