Giddy vs. Widdy — What's the Difference?

Having a reeling, lightheaded sensation; dizzy.

(Scotland) A rope or halter made of flexible twigs, or withes, as of birch.

Causing or capable of causing dizziness

A rope or halter made of flexible twigs, or withes, as of birch.

Frivolous and lighthearted; flighty

To become or make giddy.

Feeling a sense of spinning in the head, causing a perception of unsteadiness and being about to fall down; dizzy.

Causing or likely to cause dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness.

Moving around something or spinning rapidly.

(by extension)

Unable to concentrate or think seriously; easily excited; impulsive; also, lightheartedly silly; frivolous.

Joyfully elated; overcome with excitement or happiness.

Feeling great anger; furious, raging.

Of an animal, chiefly a sheep: affected by brain]] by tapeworm larvae, which may result in the animal turning around aimlessly.

Of a thing, especially a ship: unsteady, as if dizzy.

Someone or something that is frivolous or impulsive.

Synonym of gid

(transitive) To make (someone or something) dizzy or unsteady; to dizzy.

(intransitive)

To become dizzy or unsteady.

(obsolete) To move around something or spin rapidly; to reel; to whirl.

Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy.

Promoting or inducing giddiness; as, a giddy height; a giddy precipice.

Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round with celerity; gyratory; whirling.

Characterized by inconstancy; unstable; changeable; fickle; wild; thoughtless; heedless.

To reel; to whirl.

To make dizzy or unsteady.

Having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling;

Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity;