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Puggle vs Huggle - What's the difference?

puggle | huggle |

As verbs the difference between puggle and huggle

is that puggle is to coax (a rabbit) from a burrow by poking a stick down the hole and moving it about while huggle is to hug and snuggle simultaneously: gesture of tender non-sexual affection.

As nouns the difference between puggle and huggle

is that puggle is a baby monotreme (echidna or platypus) while huggle is a hug while snuggling: gesture of tender non-sexual affection.

puggle

English

(wikipedia puggle)

Etymology 1

The noun echidna'' sense is derived from the verb: English settlers in Australia would ''puggle''''' to get rabbits out of holes and sometimes find an echidna.'''2000 November 11, '' Science Show: Echidnas] , [[w:Radio National, Radio National]
(en)

Verb

(en-verb)
  • (UK, regional) To coax (a rabbit) from a burrow by poking a stick down the hole and moving it about.
  • To poke around a hole with a stick.
  • * 1919 , James Francis Hobart, Millwrighting , McGraw-Hill, page 222,
    • He puggled around in the oil cavity with his little lead pencil until it slipped out of his fingers and went down into the oil cavity.
  • (Australia) To clean drains.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, Australia) A baby monotreme (echidna or platypus).
  • * 2003 , Stephen Jackson, Australian Mammals: Biology and Captive Management , unnumbered page,
    • Larger furred/spined puggles can be held in a wooden box with shredded paper.
  • * 1970 , Robert Burton, The International Wildlife Encyclopedia , Volume 1, page 2488,
    • The puggle , which grows rapidly, remains in the pouch until its spines are sufficiently developed that the mother must eject it.
  • * 2012 , Joseph Springer, Dennis Holley, An Introduction to Zoology , page 498,
    • Hatching takes 10 days; the young echidna, called a puggle', then sucks milk from the pores of two milk patches and remains in the pouch for 45 to 55 days, at which time the spines develop. The mother digs a nursery burrow and deposits the ' puggle , returning every 5 days to suckle it until it is weaned at 7 months.

    Etymology 2

    puggle.org

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) A small mixed breed of dog created by mating a pug and beagle.
  • * 2007' May, Vicki Constantine Croke, ''The Problem With '''Puggles'' , '' , page 208,
    • Jake Gyllenhaal and Sylvester Stallone are among the puggle lovers, but so are a slew of regular people who want in on the tawny, fawny, puppy-faced action and will pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for the pleasure.
  • * 2009 , Eve Adamson, Beagles , page 12,
    • Puggle proponents say these dogs have the very best qualities of both Beagles and Pugs: the Beagle?s cheerful friendliness, and the Pug?s lower activity level and laid-back attitude.
  • * 2009 , , Volume 34, Issues 1-6, page 67,
    • The menagerie for sale at this auction included two black puggles with hernias, a French bulldog with one ear, a 3-month old Yorkshire terrier with only one testicle and a badly bow-legged bulldog.

    References

    huggle

    English

    Verb

  • (Internet, childish) To hug and snuggle simultaneously: gesture of tender non-sexual affection.
  • * '', e.g. in William Allingham, ''The ballad book: a selection of the choicest British ballads , Sever and Francis, 1865, p. 269.
    • Lie still, lie still, thou little Musgrave, , And huggle me from the cold; , 'tis nothing but a shepherds boy, , A-driving his sheep to fold.
  • (Internet) To hug and cuddle.
  • (archaic) To huddle.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Internet, childish) A hug while snuggling: gesture of tender non-sexual affection.