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Bustle vs Rustle - What's the difference?

bustle | rustle |

As nouns the difference between bustle and rustle

is that bustle is an excited activity; a stir while rustle is a soft crackling sound similar to the movement of leaves.

As verbs the difference between bustle and rustle

is that bustle is to move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about) while rustle is to move (something) with a soft crackling sound.

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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    rustle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A soft crackling sound similar to the movement of leaves.
  • * 1994 , (Stephen Fry), (The Hippopotamus) Chapter 2
    • He heard the silken rustle of a dressing-gown being drawn on.

    Verb

    (rustl)
  • (ergative) To move (something) with a soft crackling sound.
  • *1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 22[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/22]
  • *:The next day at three o'clock we were again at the door, and the footmen as before; we heard the silk dress rustle , and the lady came down the steps and in an imperious voice, she said, "York, you must put those horses' heads higher, they are not fit to be seen."
  • To make or obtain in a lively, energetic way.
    • rustle some food
    rustle up some food
  • To steal (cattle or other livestock).

    • Derived terms

    * rustler * rustle up

    See also

    * abigeat

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