What's the difference between antsy and fretful?

Antsy


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A couple of hours later and he was still going, pacing the room like an especially antsy panther, bouncing on the bed with childlike glee.
  • (2) Was it the equivalent of political Dunkin’ Donuts, frisbeed to the reactionaries in his party, in the papers and on the airwaves, who’ve been a bit antsy about all his talk of sweating blood to achieve Indigenous recognition in the constitution?
  • (3) Campbell on … Letting the cameras in at Downing Street Michael Cockerell's 2000 film, News from Number 10, offered unprecedented access to the Downing Street press offices 18 April 2000 London and Belfast TB was still very antsy re Cockerell, wouldn't let them film on the plane for example.
  • (4) And when they see headlines declaring Gove ordered money to be raided from funds allocated to tackling the place shortage and used instead to pay for free schools – regularly referred to by Labour as a coalition vanity project – they rightly get antsy.
  • (5) An antsy liberal press pushes the idea of one of the leadership candidacy androids being able to court Tory voters, despite seeming completely unable to convince their own, and frets that Jeremy Corbyn will lead Labour to the left and alienate public opinion.
  • (6) There was only so much of the magazine bookshelf and Toblerone bars one can gaze at before getting antsy, and I couldn't for the life of me figure out why.
  • (7) The price is likely to be a little less steep than it would have been for the first five picks, and this might also be the point at which teams down the order begin to get antsy, as the top talents at key positions like offensive tackle disappear off the board.
  • (8) Their relationship hasn't always been so antsy, however.
  • (9) If I don't take him somewhere, he gets a bit antsy.
  • (10) Still no points here, and even some former pros are beginning to get antsy.

Fretful


Definition:

  • (a.) Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The FSA was fretting about solvency when liquidity was the problem.
  • (2) She finds indoor activities to discourage the kids from playing outside on the foulest days, and plans holidays abroad as often as possible – but still frets about what their years in Delhi may do to her children’s health.
  • (3) It might seem absurd, but she also fretted about the horrendous poll tax bills received by people she knew, people she knew couldn't pay.
  • (4) And in a broader sense, the sort of Conservatives who think intelligently and strategically – and there are more of them than you think – fret that a bearded 66-year-old socialist has ignited political debate in a way that absolutely nobody in the mainstream predicted.
  • (5) It certainly saved her fretting over her debut sex scene.
  • (6) Moyes had already described how he had fretted about his attire when Ferguson initially invited him round to discuss the biggest job in English football and how the colour had drained from his face when he was offered it.
  • (7) For long periods Argentina had been stifled by a fine counterpunching opposition, but it would be a little hasty to fret too much about them after this performance.
  • (8) Chipmaker ARM is the biggest faller in London, as analysts fret about a slowdown in royalty revenues.
  • (9) "I used to be really nervous and sit in my dressing room and fret about a scene," he told Rolling Stone .
  • (10) Hewitt, playing in probably his last Davis Cup for his country at 34 before retiring from the game at the Australian Open in January, added: “We were able to keep Andy out there for a long time, but he’s still favourite [on Sunday].” For the British team, the Murrays’ win lifted a considerable weight off the shoulders of the captain, Leon Smith, who shared the crowd’s anxiety at several key moments of the match, none more fretful than when Andy Murray failed to serve it out in the fourth set and then when they were unable to convert the first match point in the subsequent tie-break.
  • (11) While Victorians celebrated the empire on which the sun would never set with successive jubilees (golden, 1887, and diamond, 1897), many readers fretted over foreign (increasingly German) threats to the harmony of English life.
  • (12) On Tuesday, for every wealthy Kolonaki resident fretting about their cash, there was a less well-off state or company employee convinced it would not come to that.
  • (13) They fretted as political ambition was given rocket boosters by technology.
  • (14) But better economic sentiment means more market fretting over the Fed's huge stimulus programme being scaled back.
  • (15) • Follow the Guardian's World Cup team on Twitter • Sign up to play our daily Fantasy Football game • Stats centre: Get the lowdown on every player • The latest semi-final news, features and more People get fretful.
  • (16) • Three graphs to stop smartphone fans fretting about market share
  • (17) After dinner she drove him to the railway station while fretting over leaving her baby son sleeping at home.
  • (18) Significant differences in the shapes of the cathodic Tafel slopes were also seen with cylinders with different surface conditions, and static versus fretting plates.
  • (19) Despite their jokey exterior, most had big things on their mind, fretting over marriages and babies, breakups and single life; less "grossout" comedy than "freakout".
  • (20) City analysts still fret that Bailey has either taken on too much or is an unproven chief executive.

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