neat & tidy的解釋,有何分別?

整齊= neat /tidy

The room is neat. = The room is tidy.

Tidy can be used as a verb, but " neat" cannot.
( Neaten = verb )

I am tidying up my room. <---Correct
I am neating up my room. <----Wrong "Neat" is not a verb.
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tidy n/v/adj adverb = tidily
neat/n/adj neat can be an adverb
adverb



10.
Informal. neatly.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/neat
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/tidy?view=uk
DERIVATIVES tidily adverb
1)He was dressed tidily(adverb).
2) He was dressed neatly/neat(adverb).
3) He was dressed tidy(adjective).<=======
( According to those two dictionary websites above and some other dictionaries, "tidy" cannot be used as an adverb.)
We should use 1) and 2).
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Footnote: Some native English speakers do use"tidy" as an adverb in oral English.

actually, they are the same in meaning and usage.
neat = clean + tidy (not messy)
tidy = not messy

neat 同tidy同樣解整齊

個人覺neat則有點乾淨的意思