Bustle vs Brawl - What's the difference?
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An excited activity; a stir.
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.
(computing) A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine.
(historical) A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt, typically only protruding from the rear as opposed to the earlier more circular hoops.
To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about ).
*, II.3.6:
To teem or abound (usually followed by with''); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing). ''See also bustle with .
To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.
To complain loudly; to scold.
To make a loud confused noise, as the water of a rapid stream running over stones.
* Wordsworth
Bustle is a related term of brawl.
As nouns the difference between bustle and brawl
is that bustle is an excited activity; a stir while brawl is a fight, usually with a large number of people involved.As verbs the difference between bustle and brawl
is that bustle is to move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about ) while brawl is to engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.bustle
English
Noun
(en noun)- we are, perhaps, all the while flattering our natural indolence, which, hating the bustle of the world, and drudgery of business seeks a pretence of reason to give itself a full and uncontrolled indulgence
Derived terms
* hustle and bustleVerb
- The commuters bustled about inside the train station.
- I was once so mad to bussell abroad, and seek about for preferment […].
- The train station was bustling with commuters.
Synonyms
* (to move busily) flit, hustle, scamper, scurry * (to exhibit an energetic abundance) abound, brim, bristle, burst, crawl, swell, teemReferences
Anagrams
*brawl
English
(wikipedia brawl)Verb
(en verb)- where the brook brawls along the painful road
