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Bobble vs Bobblehead - What's the difference?

bobble | bobblehead |

As nouns the difference between bobble and bobblehead

is that bobble is a furry ball attached on top of a hat while bobblehead is a collectible doll with a bobbing head.

As a verb bobble

is to bob up and down.

bobble

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A furry ball attached on top of a hat.
  • (British) Elasticated band used for securing hair (for instance in a ponytail), a hair tie
  • (informal) A pill (ball formed on surface of fabric, as on laundered clothes).
  • (knitting) A localized set of stitches forming a raised bump.
  • * 2008 , Claire Compton, ?Sue Whiting, The Knitting and Crochet Bible (page 45)
    • From the top the sample shows four stitch popcorns, five stitch bobbles , two rows of bells and a central leaf with leaves sloping to the left and right each side.
  • A wobbling motion.
  • * 2013 , Elizabeth Chatterjee, Delhi: Mostly Harmless: One woman’s vision of the city
    • My favourite dubious history of the head bobble was put forward by an Indian management consultant

    Derived terms

    * bobble hat * bobbly

    Verb

    (bobbl)
  • To bob up and down.
  • (US) To make a mistake in.
  • to roll slowly
  • * November 17 2012 , BBC Sport: Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20278355]
    • A neat interchange between Mikel Arteta and Wilshere set up Podolski and his finish bobbled into the net via Gallas.

    Derived terms

    * bobbler

    bobblehead

    English

    Noun

    (bobblehead doll) (en noun)
  • A collectible doll with a bobbing head