different between fussbudget vs worrywart

English

Alternative forms

• fuss-budget

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?s?b?d??t/

Noun

fussbudget (plural fussbudgets)

1. One who complains or fusses a great deal, especially about unimportant matters; a fusspot.

   Their three-year-old daughter can be quite a fussbudget, but she's cute.

Synonyms

• fussbutton
• fusspot

Translations

English

Etymology

Attested 1956, I. BELKNAP Human Problems of State Mental Hospitals x. 177 In cartoon Out Our Way by J. R. Williams, there is a character by that name. Earlier examples from newspapers of the 1930s and 1940s.

Presumably related to earlier worryguts.

From worry +? "wart" apparently chosen for alliteration.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?w??.??w??t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?w??.i?w??t/, IPA^(key): /?w?.i?w??t/
• Rhymes: -??(r)t

Noun

worrywart (plural worrywarts)

1. A person who worries excessively, especially about unimportant matters.
   • 2005, Hal Edward Runkel, Screamfree Parenting: Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Cool, page 31:

     It doesn't mean you're a worrywart, a nervous wreck or in need of heavy medication.

   • 2008, Nicole L.V. Mullis, "Vacation renders kids, adult males impervious to danger", Battle Creek Enquirer online, August 17:

     On vacation, I'm a worrywart for fretting about third-degree burns and puncture wounds.

Synonyms

• bundle of nerves, worrier; see also Thesaurus:worrier

Translations

See also

• pessimist
• OCD
• hypochondriac

References