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Bumble vs Crumble - What's the difference?

bumble | crumble |

As nouns the difference between bumble and crumble

is that bumble is a confusion, jumble or bumble can be a bumble-bee while crumble is a dessert of british origin containing stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of fat, flour, and sugar.

As verbs the difference between bumble and crumble

is that bumble is to act in an inept, clumsy or inexpert manner; to make mistakes or bumble can be to boom, as a bittern; to buzz, as a fly while crumble is to fall apart; to disintegrate.

bumble

English

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeia. English onomatopoeias Compare bungle, jumble, and fumble.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A confusion, jumble.
  • Verb

    (bumbl)
  • To act in an inept, clumsy or inexpert manner; to make mistakes.
  • Spiders build webs and wait for insects to bumble into them.

    Derived terms

    * Bumblefuck

    Etymology 2

    * Noun: From the verb. * Verb: Frequentative of boom'' and/or ''bum , equivalent to .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bumble-bee.
  • (UK, dialect) The bittern.
  • Verb

    (bumbl)
  • To boom, as a bittern; to buzz, as a fly.
  • crumble

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To fall apart; to disintegrate.
  • To render into crumbs.
  • Noun

  • A dessert of British origin containing stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of fat, flour, and sugar.