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Burgle vs Burble - What's the difference?

burgle | burble |

As verbs the difference between burgle and burble

is that burgle is (chiefly|british|nz) to commit burglary while burble is to bubble; to gurgle.

As a noun burble is

a bubbling, gurgling sound, as of a creek.

burgle

English

Verb

(burgl)
  • (chiefly, British, NZ) to commit burglary.
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1892 , year_published=2011 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , title=The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes , chapter=The Beryl Coronet citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=Well, I hope to goodness the house won’t be burgled during the night. }}
  • (UK, sports) To take the ball legally from an opposing player.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 18 , author=Ben Dirs , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=And when scrum-half Ben Youngs, who had a poor game, was burgled by opposite number Irakli Abuseridze and the ball shipped down the line to Irakli Machkhaneli, it looked like Georgia had scored a try of their own, but the winger's foot was in touch.}}

    Synonyms

    * (chiefly North America) burglarize

    Related terms

    * burglar * burglary * breaking and entering

    See also

    * rob * steal * thieve * purloin

    Anagrams

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    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