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Drabble vs Grabble - What's the difference?

drabble | grabble |

As verbs the difference between drabble and grabble

is that drabble is to wet or dirty, especially by dragging through mud while grabble is to search with one's hands and fingers; to grope.

As a noun drabble

is a short fictional story, typically in fan fiction, sometimes exactly 100 words long.

drabble

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) drabelan

Verb

(drabbl)
  • To wet or dirty, especially by dragging through mud.
  • To fish with a long line and rod.
    • to drabble for barbels

    Etymology 2

    From a word game in .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A short fictional story, typically in fan fiction, sometimes exactly 100 words long.
    • Usage notes
    The "100 words" limit is the original meaning, although in practice (and drabble purists have denounced this extension), it frequently extends up to around 500 words, with a variety of limits used.

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    grabble

    English

    Verb

    (grabbl)
  • To search with one's hands and fingers; to grope.
    • A few hollow groans from the wardrobe, he thought, would be more than sufficient, or, if that failed to wake her, he might grabble''' at the counterpane with palsy-twitching fingers.'' - ' 1887 ,
    He puts his hands into his pockets, and keeps a-grabbling and fumbling. — Selden.
  • To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl on the ground; to grovel.
    • (Ainsworth)

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