On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:10:14 -0700, Dan Abel > wrote:

>I thought there was a difference. I read the other posts. No, there
>isn't a distinct, definable difference. I looked at my dictionary,
>which I do often. The first word used in the definition of both was
>"fastidious". Well, that was a clue. The first example in both related
>to food. OK. The thesaurus entry for "fussy" cited "picky", although
>at the end. There was no thesaurus entry for "picky".

I find that sort of thing very annoying! It's like figuring out the
difference between glen and dale. I don't remember what I was looking
for now, but I stumbled across an internet site one time (most likely
ESL) that took several words which for all intents and purposes meant
the same thing and ranked them giving specifics of how they were used.
IMO, that's how a thesaurus should be written.

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I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.