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Bangle vs Rangle - What's the difference?

bangle | rangle |

As verbs the difference between bangle and rangle

is that bangle is (obsolete) to waste, fritter (away) while rangle is (obsolete|dialect|uk) to range about in an irregular manner.

As a noun bangle

is a rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.

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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    rangle

    English

    Verb

    (rangl)
  • (obsolete, dialect, UK) To range about in an irregular manner.
    • (Halliwell)
    (Webster 1913)