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What is the difference between dizzy and giddy ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between dizzy and giddy ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Dizzy is usually used to describe physical disorientation/unsteadiness (if you are dizzy, you may be nauseous).
Giddy is usually used to describe extreme excitement or happiness such that it is mentally disorientating (if you are giddy, you may be so excited you cannot act normally)

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