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Cuttle vs Buttle - What's the difference?

cuttle | buttle |

As a noun cuttle

is the cuttlefish or cuttle can be (obsolete) a knife or cuttle can be (obsolete) a foul-mouthed fellow.

As a verb buttle is

to serve as or perform the duties of a butler.

cuttle

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) cudele, of uncertain origin.

Noun

(en noun)
  • The cuttlefish.

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) cultel, (coltel), (coutel), from (etyl) cultellus. See (cutlass).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A knife.
    • (Bale)

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A foul-mouthed fellow.
  • * Shakespeare
    • An you play the saucy cuttle me.
    (Webster 1913)

    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.
  • * (seemoreCites)

    • Usage notes

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