Twitchier vs Witchier - What's the difference?
twitchier | witchier |
(twitchy)
susceptible to twitching a lot.
(figuratively) irritable, cranky
* 2011 , Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/15210221.stm]
(witchy)
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of witches; witchlike.
* {{quote-book
, year = 1967
, year_published = 1980
, author = Beverly Cleary
, authorlink = Beverly Cleary
, title = (Mitch and Amy)
, location = New York
, publisher = Dell
, isbn = 9780440454113
, ol = 7521904M
, page = 92
, pageurl = http://archive.org/stream/mitchamy00cleapage/92/mode/2up/search/witchy
, passage = Bernadette was a small wiry girl with a lot of long witchy black hair, and on the first day of school she wore only one sock.
}}
* {{quote-book
, date = 2006-08-08
, title = Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes
, first = Sharon
, last = Lamb
, coauthors = Brown, Lyn Mikel
, location = New York
, publisher = St. Martin's Press
, isbn = 9780312352509
, ol = 9771055M
, page = 96
, pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=zUDWhM0SeQgC&pg=PA96&dq=witchy
, passage = Sabrina'' and the three sisters in ''Charmed have a myriad of witchy powers.
}}
As adjectives the difference between twitchier and witchier
is that twitchier is (twitchy) while witchier is (witchy).twitchier
English
Adjective
(head)twitchy
English
Adjective
(er)- Johnson's contract expires in November, and four weeks as memorable for scandals off the pitch as any achievements on it will do little to appease the notoriously twitchy committee-men at the Rugby Football Union.
witchier
English
Adjective
(head)witchy
English
Adjective
(er)- The children are scared to go near the witchy old woman's house at night.