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Burrow vs Womble - What's the difference?

burrow | womble |

As nouns the difference between burrow and womble

is that burrow is a tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature while womble is (uk) a womble.

As verbs the difference between burrow and womble

is that burrow is to dig a tunnel or hole while womble is .

burrow

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.
  • * 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
    • But very soon he grew to like it, for the Boy used to talk to him, and made nice tunnels' for him under the bedclothes that he said were like the ' burrows the real rabbits lived in.
  • (mining) A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.
  • A mound.
  • An incorporated town.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To dig a tunnel or hole.

    • womble

    English

    (The Wombles)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK) A fictitious pointy-nosed furry creature. They are supposed to live in burrows, where they help the environment by collecting and recycling rubbish in creative ways.
    • Wombles are a bit like teddy bears to look at but they have real claws and live underneath Wimbledon Common and devote their lives to ‘tidying up’ all the things those untidy Human Beings leave behind. (E. Beresford, 1968)