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Hurdle vs Nurdle - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between hurdle and nurdle

is that hurdle is an artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race while nurdle is (cricket) such a shot.

As verbs the difference between hurdle and nurdle

is that hurdle is to jump over something while running while nurdle is (cricket) to score runs by gently nudging the ball into vacant areas of the fieldhttp://newsbbccouk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6668549stm 1349: "collingwood picks up the first run after lunch with a nurdle to wide mid-on".

hurdle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.
  • (senseid)A perceived obstacle.
  • A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
  • * 1882 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , Volume 4, p. 414.
    • The practice of folding sheep was general, and the purchase of hurdles was a regular charge in the shepherd's account.
  • (UK, obsolete) A sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution.
    • (Francis Bacon)
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    Verb

    (hurdl)
  • To jump over something while running.
    • He hurdled the bench in his rush to get away.
  • To compete in the track and field events of hurdles (e.g. high hurdles).
  • To overcome an obstacle.
  • To hedge, cover, make, or enclose with hurdles.
    • (Milton)
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    nurdle

    English

    Verb

    (nurdl)
  • (cricket) To score runs by gently nudging the ball into vacant areas of the field.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6668549.stm 1349: "Collingwood picks up the first run after lunch with a nurdle to wide mid-on."
  • (conversation) To gently waffle or muse on a subject which one clearly knows little about.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (cricket) Such a shot.
  • A cylindrical shaped pre-production plastic pellet used in manufacturing and packaging.
  • A blob of toothpaste shaped like a wave, often depicted on toothpaste packaging.http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/nurdle/http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2010/07/29/colgate-glaxosmithkline-set-to-battle-over-toothpaste-nurdle/ Wall Street Journal, July 29, 2010, "Colgate, GlaxoSmithKline, Set to Battle Over Toothpaste ‘Nurdle’"

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