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Bumbling vs Bungling - What's the difference?

bumbling | bungling |

As nouns the difference between bumbling and bungling

is that bumbling is an act of bumbling, a mistake or error especially through clumsiness while bungling is an act or acts of incompetence or ineptitude.

As verbs the difference between bumbling and bungling

is that bumbling is present participle of lang=en while bungling is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective bungling is

incompetent or inept.

bumbling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An act of bumbling, a mistake or error especially through clumsiness.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • bungling

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • incompetent or inept
    • Harry made a bungling attempt to catch the ball.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act or acts of incompetence or ineptitude.
    • Your bungling nearly cost us our jobs.

    Verb

    (head)

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