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Friggle vs Riggle - What's the difference?

friggle | riggle |

As verbs the difference between friggle and riggle

is that friggle is to wriggle while riggle is archaic form of wriggle.

As a noun riggle is

the European lancefish.

friggle

English

Verb

(friggl)
  • (rare) to wriggle
  • (rare) to fiddle, fumble

    • References

    (he writhed and friggled), [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=amAAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA579&dq=%22friggling%22&hl=en&ei=yr8pTIf4OMLflgeNh9W6Aw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CEwQ6AEwCQ
  • v=onepage&q=%22friggling%22&f=false] (friggle with a wrench), [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7-3oFAr-fvgC&pg=PA231&dq=%22friggling%22&hl=en&ei=5L8pTNv1HIO8lQfhmb21Aw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDYQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=%22friggling%22&f=false (friggling like a pelican)

    • riggle

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, dialect) The European lancefish.

    • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (riggl)
    • (Charles Dibdin)
    (Webster 1913)