What's the difference between fash and fettle?

Fash


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To vex; to tease; to trouble.
  • (n.) Vexation; anxiety; care.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) According to the Iranian intelligence minister, Heidar Moslehi, who said Iran had uncovered a US-backed Israeli operation and arrested Mohammadi's assassins, Jamali-Fash was not the only one linked to Mossad.
  • (2) But we had the best fash sesh ever, I said to Anya, if there was one solitary person in the cabinet who knew as much about Acne pistol boots as Mr Karzai I think I could quite enjoy politics?
  • (3) Our tentative conclusions are (1) pancreatic enzymes are likely to be affected one after another, not in parallel fashing, in chronic pancreatitis and in cancer of the pancreas, (2) bicarbonate concentration and chymotrypsinogen or lipase are most susceptible in chronic pancreatitis and lipase secretion seems to be more susceptible than other parameters in cancer of the pancreas.
  • (4) Jamali-Fash claimed that he was briefed about Mohammadi in Israel and was given detailed instructions of the assassination plot "in a military camp situated in the highway between Tel Aviv to Jerusalem".
  • (5) "The government will have had to agree something in exchange and in my view that will be another haircut [of the debt] this time by the public sector or the lessening of next austerity package when the time comes for more measures in 2015," he told Fash radio.
  • (6) In total, eight proteins were detected, their genes (fasA to fasH) were mapped and their orientation of transcription determined.
  • (7) The young man, identified as Majid Jamali-Fash, said last night that he was hired by Israel and trained at a military base outside Tel Aviv before being dispatched to Iran as a part of network ordered to kill Masoud Ali-Mohammadi, a Tehran University particle physicist.
  • (8) Like a rich country fruit cake, Kidnapped is seasoned throughout with handfuls of dialect words, "ain" (one), "bairn" (child), "blae" (cheerless), "chield" (fellow), "drammach" (raw oatmeal), "fash" (bother), "muckle" (big), "siller" (money), "unco" (extremely) , "wheesht!"
  • (9) The 987P fimbrial gene cluster has recently been shown to contain eight genes (fasA to fasH) clustered on large plasmids of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and adjacent to a Tn1681-like transposon encoding the heat-stable enterotoxin STIa.
  • (10) Around the same time she became Pop 's head, alongside long-established fash-mag guru Ashley Heath, who said: "Dasha has a very strong sense of style and a strong point of view on the modern world and on magazines."

Fettle


Definition:

  • (a.) To repair; to prepare; to put in order.
  • (a.) To cover or line with a mixture of ore, cinders, etc., as the hearth of a puddling furnace.
  • (v. i.) To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.
  • (n.) The act of fettling.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It was a surprise and delight to find something locally grown and in fine fettle.
  • (2) A separate Haldane “ecstasy index”, based on economic growth, unemployment and inflation, suggests Britain is in “fine fettle.” But wage growth paints a different picture, with earnings remaining stubbornly weak.
  • (3) But everyone in the team has been in good humour and fettle.
  • (4) Apparently, Bruce McAvaney tells me, his fastest serve at the tournament was 219, so he's in fine fettle.
  • (5) My mother, a very good cook indeed, had not, to my knowledge, a book of hers anywhere in the house when I was fettling away at the Aga in my early to late teens.
  • (6) This method was used to compare the duration of employment in the industry, in "dust exposed" jobs, in "fume exposed" jobs, in foundry area jobs, in fettling shop jobs, and in foundry area or fettling shop jobs, of those dying from cancers of the stomach and lung with those of all matching survivors.
  • (7) Well it's not showing on your figure, Chris, you look to be in fine fettle.
  • (8) oh god May 14, 2014 Boy George (@BoyGeorge) I'm loving 'World Peace Is None Of Your Business @itsmorrissey in fine fettle!
  • (9) Russia's film industry has looked in fine fettle until recently, with homegrown films such as Day Watch and Night Watch competing with US products at the domestic box office.
  • (10) The adduct levels were low in men in pattern making, melting, and fettling.
  • (11) "We are sorry to see Matthew go," said Andrew Neil, chairman and editor in chief of the Spectator, "but he is an exceptional journalist with many demands on his talents and he leaves behind a magazine in fine fettle.
  • (12) Manchester United had seven recognised defenders starting the game, while Arsenal were in fine fettle, Robin van Persie fit, Andrey Arshavin performing well, and Laurent Koscielny forming a decent partnership with Johan Djourou at the back.
  • (13) Thanks to GBBO , cake-fettling has crept into the national consciousness – yet I somehow don't find myself being offered muffins at the pub.
  • (14) Public engagement on the Europe issue is in fine fettle.
  • (15) And, despite predictions that the event would suffer because of competition from the London Olympics, and despite complaints that it has become over-commersialised , the Fringe appears (at least at the moment) to be in as fine fettle as ever.
  • (16) Day One: West Ruislip to Great Missenden, nine miles Ron Ryall, wearing an oil-smudged blue boilersuit, was fettling a cream Morris Minor in his low wooden workshop on a lane where the suburbs of West Ruislip give way to scrapyards, dog kennels and horse paddocks.
  • (17) While question marks hang over the durability of The X Factor franchise, I'm a Celebrity is in fine fettle with the latest series the second-most watched in the show's history.
  • (18) Despite the ferocious tone of the battle for his party, he insisted he was “in absolutely fine fettle” and even joked about Cameron’s tribute to his cat at the outgoing prime minister’s final appearance in the Commons last week.
  • (19) Scotland's leader was in rude fettle on Saturday, tilting at the Tories and Labour's quislings in turn, and announcing a couple of crowd-pleasers – the establishment of a fair work commission to guarantee a minimum wage that rises with inflation and reiterating the renationalisation of Royal Mail under his government in an independent Scotland.
  • (20) Atos and G4S questioned by MPs: Politics live blog 10.23am GMT Jeremy Cook , chief economist of World First , the currency exchange firm, reckons the UK ended the year in 'fine fettle', even though the service sector provided much of the growth, again.... “The 0.3% fall in construction output will be a concern, but I would hope that an increased level of investment throughout 2014 should reverse this."