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Bingle vs Bangle - What's the difference?

bingle | bangle |

As nouns the difference between bingle and bangle

is that bingle is a minor collision, especially between motor vehicles while bangle is a rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.

As a verb bangle is

to waste, fritter (away).

bingle

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Australia, informal) A minor collision, especially between motor vehicles.
  • * 2005 , Johnny Blue, The Blue Riders' Club , page 144,
    • It is always an advantage if you have a sexy car, but if you pick her up in a rusty Datsun 180B you may as well say goodnight.There is also the worst-case scenario of being involved in a bingle . If this happens you will definitely be finished and she will probably sneak off on you if she manages to escape injury.
  • * 2006 , , A Stone to Mark My Passing'', ''Through Soft Air , page 138,
    • "I, uh . . . " I managed, "I seem to have had a bit of a bingle ." I pointed a thumb behind me at the car.
  • * 2010 , Felicity Young, Take Out , page 163,
    • ‘But you've still got your father?s car haven?t you?’
    ‘No. Had a bingle in it the other night, nothing major. I just hope to hell it?s fixed before he finds out.’
    Synonyms
    * collision, crash, fender-bender (US), prang (UK)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hairstyle for women that is somewhere between a bob and a shingle.

    • Etymology 3

    Possibly a blend of (bat) and (single) English blends

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (baseball, slang) A base hit in which the batter stops safely at first base.

    • bangle

    English

    Etymology 1

    (wikipedia bangle) From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.
  • * 1919 ,
    • Mrs. MacAndrew smoothed down the lap of her gown, and gold bangles fell over her wrists.

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (bangl)
  • (obsolete) To waste, fritter (away).
  • *, New York Review Books 2001, p.273:
    • Thus betwixt hope and fear, suspicions, angersbetwixt falling in, falling out, etc., we bangle away our best days, befool out our times […].

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