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Bangle vs Brangle - What's the difference?

bangle | brangle |

As nouns the difference between bangle and brangle

is that bangle is a rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp while brangle is a squabble.

As verbs the difference between bangle and brangle

is that bangle is (obsolete) to waste, fritter (away) while brangle is to squabble.

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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    brangle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A squabble.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • A brangle between him and his neighbour.

    Verb

    (brangl)
  • To squabble.