Barble vs Garble - What's the difference?
barble | garble |
(obsolete) To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt; as, to garble spices.
To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.
To make false by mutilation or addition
(obsolete) refuse; rubbish
(obsolete) Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; garblings.
(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between barble and garble
is that barble is while garble is (obsolete) refuse; rubbish.As a verb garble is
(obsolete) to sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt; as, to garble spices.garble
English
Verb
- The editor garbled the story.
Derived terms
* garbley gookNoun
(en noun)- (Wolcott)