Cuddle vs Turmoil - What's the difference?
cuddle | turmoil |
To embrace affectionately, lie together snugly.
To cradle in one's arms so as to give comfort, warmth.
To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle.
* Prior
A state of great disorder or uncertainty.
*{{quote-news, year=2012, date=June 19, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
, title=]http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18181971 England 1-0 Ukraine]
, passage=Oleg Blokhin's side lost the talismanic Andriy Shevchenko to the substitutes' bench because of a knee injury but still showed enough to put England through real turmoil in spells.}}
Harassing labour; trouble; disturbance.
* Shakespeare
*, chapter=7
, title= (obsolete) To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.
(obsolete) To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry.
* Spenser
As nouns the difference between cuddle and turmoil
is that cuddle is a snuggle; an affectionate embrace, often given to family members and close friends while turmoil is a state of great disorder or uncertainty.As verbs the difference between cuddle and turmoil
is that cuddle is to embrace affectionately, lie together snugly while turmoil is to be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.cuddle
English
Verb
- The young lovers cuddled on the couch.
- She cuddled the infant before bedtime.
- I'm cold; can you roll over here and cuddle me, honey?
- She cuddles low beneath the brake; / Nor would she stay, nor dares she fly.
Derived terms
* cuddlable * cuddler * cuddlesome * cuddle up * cuddlyturmoil
English
Noun
(en-noun)- And there I'll rest, as after much turmoil , / A blessed soul doth in Elysium.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}
Synonyms
* chaos, disorderVerb
(en verb)- (Milton)
- It is her fatal misfortune to be miserably tossed and turmoiled with these storms of affliction.