Dredge vs Drudge - What's the difference?
dredge | drudge |
Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as:
# A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds.
# A dredging machine.
# An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.
Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.
to make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge
to bring something to the surface with a dredge
(Usually with up) to unearth, such as an unsavoury past
to coat moistened food with a powder, such as flour or sugar
A mixture of oats and barley.
A person who works in a low servile job.
(pejorative) Someone who works for (and may be taken advantage of by) someone else.
to labour in (or as in) a low servile job
* Otway
* Macaulay
As nouns the difference between dredge and drudge
is that dredge is any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as while drudge is a person who works in a low servile job.As verbs the difference between dredge and drudge
is that dredge is to make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge while drudge is to labour in (or as in) a low servile job.dredge
English
Etymology 1
(Dredging) From (etyl) dreg-boat'' (from (etyl) *''drecg(e) ) or alternatively from (etyl) dregghe, probably ultimately from the same root as drag.Noun
(en noun)- (Raymond)
Verb
(dredg)Etymology 2
From (etyl) dragie, via (etyl) from (etyl) .Verb
(dredg)Etymology 3
(etyl) dragge, (etyl) .Noun
- (Kersey)
drudge
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* drudgery * drudgyVerb
(drudg)- Rise in our toils and drudge away the day.
- He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he drudged .