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Bustle vs Buttle - What's the difference?

bustle | buttle |

As verbs the difference between bustle and buttle

is that bustle is to move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about) while buttle is to serve as or perform the duties of a butler.

As a noun bustle

is an excited activity; a stir.

bustle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
    • 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
  • (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.

    • Derived terms

    * hustle and bustle

    Verb

  • To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about ).
    • The commuters bustled about inside the train station.
  • *, II.3.6:
    • I was once so mad to bussell abroad, and seek about for preferment […].
  • To teem or abound (usually followed by with''); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing). ''See also bustle with .
    • 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, teem

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    Anagrams

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    buttle

    English

    Alternative forms

    * butle

    Verb

    (buttl)
  • To serve as or perform the duties of a butler.
  • * 1909 , J. T. Grein, Sunday Times :
    • ...even the stoic and impeccable maid of Miss Ethelwyn Arthur-Jones, who ‘buttled ’ as well as the most time-honoured butler.
  • * 1989 , Benjamin Quarles, The Negro in the Civil War :
    • Houses where Negroes buttled or cooked were marked for a visit.
  • * 2000 , Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum :
    • At times like this, he buttled when Spriggan the butler was not on duty, or if an extra hand was needed, he footed as well.
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    • Usage notes

    * Because of its origins as a back-formation, buttle is considered nonstandard and uses are often jocular.