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Burbled vs Bumbled - What's the difference?

burbled | bumbled |

As verbs the difference between burbled and bumbled

is that burbled is past tense of burble while bumbled is past tense of bumble.

burbled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (burble)

    • Anagrams

    *

    burble

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bubbling, gurgling sound, as of a creek.
  • A gush of rapid speech.
  • The turbulent boundary layer about a moving streamlined body.

    • Verb

  • To bubble; to gurgle.
  • To babble; to speak in an excited rush.
    • She burbled on, as if I cared to listen.

    References

    * (etymology) American Heritage Dictionary.

    Anagrams

    * * English onomatopoeias

    bumbled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bumble)

    • 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

    Related terms

    * bungle * fumble * jumble

    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.

    • Related terms

    * bumble-bee English terms with multiple etymologies