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Hanger vs Hangle - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between hanger and hangle

is that hanger is one who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman while hangle is a hook in a chimney for hanging a pot; a hanger.

hanger

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.
  • That by which a thing is suspended. Especially:
  • # A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.
  • # (machines) A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs.
  • # A bridle iron
  • # A clothes hanger
  • That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.
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  • (UK) A steep, wooded declivity.
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    • Usage notes

    Not to be confused with hangar (a garage-like building for airplanes).

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    hangle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hook in a chimney for hanging a pot; a hanger.
  • A form of hanger by which the scabbard of a sword was suspended, attached not necessarily to the girdle, but sometimes to two rings fastened to the cuirass at its bottom edge, one over the left hip, the other near the middle of the back.