different between fuss vs fiss

English

Etymology

Of unknown origin. Perhaps from Danish fjas (“nonsense”), from Middle Low German (compare German faseln (“to maunder, talk nonsense”))

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Noun

fuss (countable and uncountable, plural fusses)

1. (countable or uncountable) Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something.
   • 1882, Thomas Carlyle, Reminiscences
2. A complaint or noise; a scene.

3. An exhibition of affection or admiration.

Translations

Verb

fuss (third-person singular simple present fusses, present participle fussing, simple past and past participle fussed)

1. (intransitive) To be very worried or excited about something, often too much.

   His grandmother will never quit fussing over his vegetarianism.

2. (intransitive) To fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust

   Quit fussing with your hair. It looks fine.

3. (intransitive, especially of babies) To cry or be ill-humoured.
4. (intransitive, with over) To show affection for, especially animals.
5. (transitive) To pet.

   He fussed the cat.

Usage notes

• Generally used with with, over, or about.

Translations

Derived terms

• fussbudget
• fussbutton
• fusspot
• fussy
• fuss and bother
• no muss no fuss

References

Anagrams

• USSF

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• fussál

Etymology

fut (“to run”) +? -j (personal suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?fu??]
• Hyphenation: fuss
• Rhymes: -u??

Verb

fuss

1. second-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of fut

English

Etymology

From fission by back-formation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Verb

fiss (third-person singular simple present fisses, present participle fissing, simple past and past participle fissed)

1. (transitive, nonstandard) To split apart into multiple entities.
   • 1998, Richard Hanley, Is Data Human?

     Perhaps every five minutes each person ceases to exist and is fissed, with one descendant instantly replacing the original and the other materializing on a twin Earth somewhere […]

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Venetian fiso, from Latin fixus (“fixed, constant”).

Adjective

fiss (comparative fissor, superlative dar fissorste) (Sette Comuni)

1. stable, steady
2. hard, firm

3. dense, thick

Declension

References

• “fiss” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Old Irish

Noun

fiss ?

1. Alternative spelling of fis

Mutation