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Emboiled vs Embroiled - What's the difference?

emboiled | embroiled |

As verbs the difference between emboiled and embroiled

is that emboiled is past tense of emboil while embroiled is past tense of embroil.

emboiled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (emboil)

    • emboil

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To boil with anger; to effervesce.
    • (Spenser)
  • (obsolete) To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe.
    • (Spenser)
    (Webster 1913)

    embroiled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (embroil)

    • embroil

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To draw into a situation; to cause to be involved.
    • Avoid him. He will embroil you in his fights.
  • * Dryden
    • the royal house embroiled in civil war
  • To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.
  • * Addison
    • The Christian antiquities at Rome are so embroiled with fable and legend.