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Brawl vs Barney - What's the difference?

brawl | barney |

As nouns the difference between brawl and barney

is that brawl is a fight, usually with a large number of people involved while barney is (uk|australia|cockney rhyming slang) a noisy argument or barney can be (united states|pejorative slang) an insult directed at a police officer, usually by someone who believes the officer to be inferior or overzealous.

As verbs the difference between brawl and barney

is that brawl is to engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel while barney is (uk|australia|cockney rhyming slang) to argue, to quarrel.

brawl

English

(wikipedia brawl)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A fight, usually with a large number of people involved.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.
  • To complain loudly; to scold.
  • To make a loud confused noise, as the water of a rapid stream running over stones.
  • * Wordsworth
    • where the brook brawls along the painful road

    barney

    Translingual

    Proper noun

    (mul-proper noun)
  • A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist E.E. Barney (fl. 1877-79).

    • External links

    * Author query of the International Plant Names Index ----