Bloomer vs Blunder - What's the difference?
bloomer | blunder |
A circular loaf of white bread.
A blooming flower.
One who blooms, matures, or develops.
(historical) A costume for women, consisting of a short dress with loose trousers gathered around the ankles, and often a broad-brimmed hat.
(historical) A woman who wears a Bloomer costume.
To make a clumsy or stupid mistake.
To move blindly or clumsily.
* Goldsmith
* Dryden
To cause to make a mistake.
* Ditton
To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.
* Stillingfleet
As a proper noun bloomer
is .As a noun blunder is
a clumsy or embarrassing mistake.As a verb blunder is
to make a clumsy or stupid mistake.bloomer
English
Etymology 1
From the word bloom'', for an iron ingot, from the Old English word ''bl?ma .See also
* Blumer, BloomerEtymology 2
(bloom).Noun
(en noun)- She was a late bloomer .
Etymology 3
, from the surname of the American woman who sought to introduce this style of dress.Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* bloomersAnagrams
*blunder
English
(wikipedia blunder)Synonyms
* (error) blooper, boo-boo, error, faux pas, fluff, flub, fumble, gaffe, goof, lapse, mistake, slip, stumble, thinkoVerb
(en verb)- to blunder in preparing a medical prescription
- I was never distinguished for address, and have often even blundered in making my bow.
- blunders on, and staggers every pace
- To blunder an adversary.
- He blunders and confounds all these together.