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Grabble vs Grubble - What's the difference?

grabble | grubble |

As verbs the difference between grabble and grubble

is that grabble is to search with one's hands and fingers; to grope while grubble is to feel or grope in the dark.

grabble

English

Verb

(grabbl)
  • To search with one's hands and fingers; to grope.
    • A few hollow groans from the wardrobe, he thought, would be more than sufficient, or, if that failed to wake her, he might grabble''' at the counterpane with palsy-twitching fingers.'' - ' 1887 ,
    He puts his hands into his pockets, and keeps a-grabbling and fumbling. — Selden.
  • To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl on the ground; to grovel.
    • (Ainsworth)

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    grubble

    English

    Verb

    (grubbl)
  • (obsolete) To feel or grope in the dark.
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    • (Webster 1913)