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Bustle vs Flurry - What's the difference?

bustle | flurry |

As nouns the difference between bustle and flurry

is that bustle is an excited activity; a stir while flurry is a brief snowfall.

As verbs the difference between bustle and flurry

is that bustle is to move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about ) while flurry is to agitate, bewilder, disconcert.

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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    flurry

    English

    Noun

    (flurries)
  • A brief snowfall.
  • A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze.
    • a flurry of wind
  • A shower of dust, leaves etc. brought on by a sudden gust of wind.
  • Any sudden activity; a stir.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=10 citation , passage=With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.}}
  • * 1998 , Gillian Catriona Ramchand, Deconstructing the Lexicon , in Miriam Butt and Wilhelm Geuder, eds. “The Projection of Arguments”
    • These [argument structure] modifications are important because they have provoked a flurry of investigation into argument structure operations of merger, demotion etc.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 8, author=Chris Bevan, title=Arsenal 1 - 1 Leeds
    • , work=BBC citation , passage=The Championship highflyers almost got their reward for a resilient performance on their first visit to the Emirates, surviving a flurry of first-half Arsenal chances before hitting back with a classic sucker punch.}}
  • A snack consisting of soft ice cream with small pieces of fruit, cookie, etc.
  • * 1988 , K. Wayne Wride, Fruit Treats'' (in ''Vegetarian Times number 134, October 1988, page 27)
    • Does your "Forbidden Foods" list include banana splits, ice cream sundaes, slurpies, popsicles, frozen yogurts, milk shakes, and ice cream flurries ? These foods taste great but have a reputation for being bad for your health.
  • * 2002 , Tampa Bay Magazine (volume 17, number 3, May-June 2002, page 235)
    • They will make your tongue smile with their homemade ice cream, which was voted "Best Taste in the USA Today." Enjoy exciting toppings to personalize your treat or a yummy sundae, flurry , smoothie, banana split or shake...
  • The violent spasms of a dying whale.

    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To agitate, bewilder, disconcert.
  • * 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
    • She was flurried by the term with which he had qualified her gentle friend, but she took the occasion for one to which she must in every manner lend herself.
  • To move or fall in a flurry.