Cuffed vs Scuffed - What's the difference?
cuffed | scuffed |
(cuff)
(obsolete) glove; mitten.
The end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist.
The end of a pants leg, folded up.
To hit, as a reproach, particularly with the open palm to the head; to slap.
* Shakespeare
* Dryden
To fight; to scuffle; to box.
* Dryden
To buffet.
* Tennyson
A blow, especially with the open hand; a box; a slap.
* Spenser
* Hudibras
referring to something that has been scratched or marked by contact with another object
As verbs the difference between cuffed and scuffed
is that cuffed is (cuff) while scuffed is .As an adjective scuffed is
referring to something that has been scratched or marked by contact with another object.cuffed
English
Verb
(head)cuff
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) cuffe, .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
1520, “to hit”, apparently of (etyl) origin, from (etyl) . More at (l), (l), (l).Verb
(en verb)- I swear I'll cuff you, if you strike again.
- They with their quills did all the hurt they could, / And cuffed the tender chickens from their food.
- While the peers cuff to make the rabble sport.
- cuffed by the gale
Noun
(en noun)- Snatcheth his sword, and fiercely to him flies; / Who well it wards, and quitten cuff with cuff.
- Many a bitter kick and cuff .
scuffed
English
Verb
(head)- I scuffed my shoe on the door.
Adjective
(en adjective)- I bought a scuffed skateboard from a second-hand store.