different between gwag vs nibble

Cornish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wæ??/

Adjective

gwag

1. empty
2. hungry

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vacuus (“empty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wa??/

Adjective

gwag (feminine singular gwag, plural gwag, equative gwaced, comparative gwacach, superlative gwacaf)

1. empty, vacant
2. inane
3. frivolous, vain

Derived terms

• gwagedd
• gwagio
• gwaglaw
• gwagle
• gwagnod
• gwagu

Mutation

References

English

Etymology 1

Probably of Dutch or Low German origin, perhaps from Middle Low German nibbelen (“to gnaw”), akin to modern Low German nibbeln (“to gnaw”) and Dutch nibbelen (“to nibble”), equivalent to nip +? -le (frequentative suffix). Compare Saterland Frisian nibje (“to nibble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?b?l/
• Rhymes: -?b?l

Noun

nibble (plural nibbles)

1. A small, quick bite taken with the front teeth.
2. (in the plural, nibbles) Small snacks such as crisps/potato chips or nuts, often eaten to accompany drinks.

Derived terms

• nibbly

Translations

Verb

nibble (third-person singular simple present nibbles, present participle nibbling, simple past and past participle nibbled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To eat with small, quick bites.
2. (transitive) To bite lightly.

3. (figuratively) To consume gradually.
4. To find fault; to cavil.

Synonyms

• (eat delicately): piddle

Derived terms

• nibbler

Translations

Etymology 2

From nibble, punning on the homophony of byte and bite.

Alternative forms

• nybble

Noun

nibble (plural nibbles)

1. (computing) A unit of memory equal to half a byte, or four bits.

Translations

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From English nibble.

Noun

nibble m (plural nibbles)

1. (computing) nibble (half a byte)