Rancid vs Addle - What's the difference?
rancid | addle |
Being rank in taste or smell.
offensive
(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. – .
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
To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain.
To cause fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell.
As adjectives the difference between rancid and addle
is that rancid is being rank in taste or smell while addle is having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid.As a verb 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 a noun addle is
(obsolete) liquid filth; mire or addle can be a foolish or dull-witted fellow.rancid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The house was deserted, with a rancid half-eaten meal still on the dinner table.
- His remarks were rancid ; everyone got up and left.
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "rancid" often gets applied: food, butter, meat, milk, fat, oil, smell, odor, taste.External links
* * *addle
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) addlen, from (etyl) .Verb
(addl)Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* addle-brain * addle-headed * addle-pated * addle plot * addleness * addlepatedVerb
(addl)- "Their eggs were addled ." .