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Boulder vs Foulder - What's the difference?

boulder | foulder |

As verbs the difference between boulder and foulder

is that boulder is to engage in bouldering while foulder is to flash like lightning; to lighten; to gleam; to thunder.

As a noun boulder

is a large mass of stone detached from the surrounding land.

boulder

English

Alternative forms

* bowlder, bulder (dated)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A large mass of stone detached from the surrounding land.
  • (geology) A particle greater than 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale

    • Derived terms

    * bouldering

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To engage in bouldering
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    • Anagrams

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    foulder

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To flash like lightning; to lighten; to gleam; to thunder.
    • Flames of fouldering heat. — Spenser.
    (Webster 1913)