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Gaffe vs Gaffle - What's the difference?

gaffe | gaffle |

As nouns the difference between gaffe and gaffle

is that gaffe is coffee while gaffle is (obsolete) a lever used to bend a crossbow.

As a verb gaffle is

to seize.

gaffe

English

Alternative forms

* gaff

Noun

(en noun)
  • A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public.

    • Synonyms

    * blooper, blunder, boo-boo, bozo eruption, defect, error, fault, faux pas, fluff, lapse, mistake, slip, stumble, thinko * See also

    See also

    * malapropism * Freudian slip * Bushism ----

    gaffle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A lever used to bend a crossbow
  • A steel spur attached to a gamecock

    • Verb

    (gaffl)
  • To seize
  • To steal
  • Gaffling is a planning technique for orienteering relay courses whereby individual routes are planned so as to vary slightly and to make following difficult. This means that the competition depends more on navigational skills rather than just physical ability. See British Orienteering Federation's Event Guideline F for Relay Events, Section 3.
  • To talk incessantly without a purpose, usually about inane or pointless topics; to banter.

    • References

    *OED 2nd edition 1989 (noun sense)