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Bobbled vs Cobbled - What's the difference?

bobbled | cobbled |

As verbs the difference between bobbled and cobbled

is that bobbled is past tense of bobble while cobbled is past tense of cobble.

As an adjective cobbled is

laid with cobbles.

bobbled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (bobble)

    • 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

    cobbled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cobble)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • (of a road surface) Laid with cobbles.
  • Crudely or roughly assembled; put together in an improvised way, (as in "cobbled together")