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Gambles vs Garbles - What's the difference?

gambles | garbles |

As verbs the difference between gambles and garbles

is that gambles is third-person singular of gamble while garbles is third-person singular of garble.

As a noun gambles

is plural of lang=en.

gambles

English

Noun

(head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (gamble).

    • garbles

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (garble)

    • garble

    English

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt; as, to garble spices.
  • To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.
  • To make false by mutilation or addition
    • The editor garbled the story.

    Derived terms

    * garbley gook

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) refuse; rubbish
    • (Wolcott)
  • (obsolete) Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; garblings.
    • (Webster 1913)

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