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Beardling vs Bardling - What's the difference?

beardling | bardling |

As nouns the difference between beardling and bardling

is that beardling is (archaic) one who wears a beard while bardling is an inferior bard.

beardling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic) One who wears a beard.
  • * 1568 , Desiderius Erasmus, trans by Nicholas Leigh, Of the yong man and the euill disposed woman , page 1:
    • bicause at your departing you had no berd at al, now you become a handsome beardling .

    bardling

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An inferior bard.
  • * John Cunningham
    • Faith! let him scape, let Love and Fame survive, / With your kind sanction keep his scenes alive; / Try to approve (applaud we will exempt), / Nor crush the bardling in this hard attempt.