Bustle vs Buttle - What's the difference?
bustle | buttle |
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 ).
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To teem or abound (usually followed by with''); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing). ''See also bustle with .
To serve as or perform the duties of a butler.
* 1909 , J. T. Grein, Sunday Times :
* 1989 , Benjamin Quarles, The Negro in the Civil War :
* 2000 , Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum :
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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)- 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
*buttle
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Alternative forms
* butleVerb
(buttl)- ...even the stoic and impeccable maid of Miss Ethelwyn Arthur-Jones, who ‘buttled ’ as well as the most time-honoured butler.
- Houses where Negroes buttled or cooked were marked for a visit.
- 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.