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Moulder vs Addle - What's the difference?

moulder | addle |

As verbs the difference between moulder and addle

is that moulder is to decay or rot while addle is (provincial|northern england) to earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living — or addle can be to make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain.

As nouns the difference between moulder and addle

is that moulder is a person who moulds dough into loaves while addle is (obsolete) liquid filth; mire or addle can be a foolish or dull-witted fellow.

As an adjective addle is

having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid.

moulder

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To decay or rot.
  • * Mason
    • [Time's] gradual touch / Has mouldered into beauty many a tower.
  • *c.1855': John Brown's body lies a-'''mouldering in the grave, but his soul goes marching on! — Traditional, ''John Brown's Body
  • * 1841 , Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "The Rainy Day", Ballads and Other Poems
    • The day is cold, and dark, and dreary
    It rains, and the wind is never weary;
    The vine still clings to the mouldering wall,
    But at every gust the dead leaves fall,
    And the day is dark and dreary.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who moulds dough into loaves.
  • Anyone who moulds or shapes things.
  • A machine used for moulding.

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    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)

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