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Addle vs Middle - What's the difference?

addle | middle |

As adjectives the difference between addle and middle

is that addle is having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid while middle is located in the middle; in between.

As nouns the difference between addle and middle

is that addle is liquid filth; mire while middle is a centre, midpoint.

As a verb addle

is to earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living. — Forby.

addle

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) addlen, from (etyl) .

Verb

(addl)
  • (provincial, Northern England) To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living. — .
  • (provincial, Northern England) To thrive or grow; to ripen.
  • :* Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more. – .

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid.
  • (by extension) Unfruitful]] or confused, as brains; muddled. [[w:John Dryden, John Dryden .
  • addled
    • Derived terms
    * addle-brain * addle-headed * addle-pated * addle plot * addleness * addlepated

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Liquid filth; mire.
  • (provincial) Lees; dregs.
    • (Wright)

    Verb

    (addl)
  • To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain.
    • "Their eggs were addled ." .
  • To cause fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A foolish or dull-witted fellow.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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    middle

    English

    Alternative forms

    * myddle (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A centre, midpoint.
  • The part between the beginning and the end.
  • *
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  • (cricket) The middle stump.
  • The central part of a human body.
  • (grammar) The middle voice.

    • Synonyms

    * centre, center * midpoint * midst

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Located in the middle; in between.
    • the middle point
    middle name, Middle English, Middle Ages
  • Central.
  • Pertaining to the middle voice.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * middle age * middle-aged * Middle Ages * middle child * middle class * Middle East * middleman * middle management * middle passage * middle path * middleware * middle way

    Related terms

    * mid- * middle- * middling

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