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Cribbled vs Fribbled - What's the difference?

cribbled | fribbled |

As verbs the difference between cribbled and fribbled

is that cribbled is (cribble) while fribbled is (fribble).

cribbled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (cribble)

  • cribble

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A coarse sieve or screen.
  • Coarse flour or meal.
  • (Johnson)

    Verb

    (cribbl)
  • To pass something through a sieve.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) coarse
  • * Richard Huloet
  • The gardens, with digging for novelties, are turned over and over, because we will not eat common cribble bread.

    fribbled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fribble)

  • fribble

    English

    Verb

    (fribbl)
  • To waste or fritter.
  • To behave in a frivolous way.
  • *
  • To totter.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of no or little importance, frivolous.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A trifling action.
  • A trifler.
  • A frivolous, contemptible fellow; a fop.
  • * Thackeray
  • A pert fribble of a peer.