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Blunderbuss vs Blunder - What's the difference?

blunderbuss | blunder |

As nouns the difference between blunderbuss and blunder

is that blunderbuss is an old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc at short range while blunder is a clumsy or embarrassing mistake.

As a verb blunder is

to make a clumsy or stupid mistake.

blunderbuss

English

Noun

(es)
  • An old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range.
  • * 1817 , Merriweather Lewis & William Clark, Travels to the Source of the Missouri River, and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean , Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown (1817), page 354:
    • We fired the blunderbuss several times by way of salute, and soon after landed at the bank near the village of the Mahahas, or Shoe Indians, and were received by a crowd of people, who came to welcome our return.
  • * 1942 , Carl G. Erich, " Flintlock Blunderbuss", Popular Science , June 1942:
    • One of the most picturesque of the old flintlock guns is the blunderbuss , which was often carried by coach guards for protection against highwaymen.
  • * 2007 , Norm Flayderman, Flayderman's Guide to Antique American Firearms , Gun Digest Books (2007), ISBN 9781440226519, page 764:
    • The blunderbuss never gained great favor in the American colonies or early United States.

    External links

    * (wikipedia "blunderbuss")

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    blunder

    English

    (wikipedia blunder)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.

    • Synonyms

    * (error) blooper, boo-boo, error, faux pas, fluff, flub, fumble, gaffe, goof, lapse, mistake, slip, stumble, thinko

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a clumsy or stupid mistake.
    • to blunder in preparing a medical prescription
  • To move blindly or clumsily.
  • * Goldsmith
    • I was never distinguished for address, and have often even blundered in making my bow.
  • * Dryden
    • blunders on, and staggers every pace
  • To cause to make a mistake.
  • * Ditton
    • To blunder an adversary.
  • To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.
  • * Stillingfleet
    • He blunders and confounds all these together.

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