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Diddle vs Middle - What's the difference?

diddle | middle |

As nouns the difference between diddle and middle

is that diddle is in percussion, two consecutive notes played by the same hand (either RR or LL), similar to the drag, except that by convention diddles are played the same speed as the context in which they are placed while middle is a centre, midpoint.

As a verb diddle

is to cheat; to swindle.

As an adjective middle is

located in the middle; in between.

diddle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (music) In percussion, two consecutive notes played by the same hand (either RR or LL), similar to the drag, except that by convention diddles are played the same speed as the context in which they are placed
  • (slang, childish) The penis.
  • * 2011 , L. R. Baker, Wingnut: Operation Payback (page 104)
  • Paul was the first one to unzip his pants, take out his diddle , and make himself ready to pee on the wire.

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • to cheat; to swindle
  • to have sex with
  • to masturbate (especially of women)
  • to waste time
  • To totter, like a child learning to walk; to daddle.
  • * Frances Quarles
  • And, when his forward strength began to bloom, / To see him diddle up and down the Room!

    Synonyms

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    middle

    English

    Alternative forms

    * myddle (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A centre, midpoint.
  • The part between the beginning and the end.
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  • (cricket) The middle stump.
  • The central part of a human body.
  • (grammar) The middle voice.
  • Synonyms

    * centre, center * midpoint * midst

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Located in the middle; in between.
  • the middle point
    middle name, Middle English, Middle Ages
  • Central.
  • Pertaining to the middle voice.
  • Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * middle age * middle-aged * Middle Ages * middle child * middle class * Middle East * middleman * middle management * middle passage * middle path * middleware * middle way