Buttles vs Battles - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between buttles and battles

is that buttles is (buttle) while battles is (battle).

(head)

(buttle)

* butle

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