Jargle vs Gargle - What's the difference?
jargle | gargle |
(obsolete) To emit a harsh or discordant sound.
* Bishop Joseph Hall
to clean one's mouth by holding water or some other liquid in the back of the mouth and blowing air out from the lungs
* 1915 , Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark :
to make a sound like the one made while gargling
to clean a specific part of the body by gargling (almost always throat'' or ''mouth )
* 1893 , Gilbert Parker, Mrs. Falchion :
to use (a liquid) for purposes of cleaning one's mouth or throat by gargling.
a liquid used for gargling
* 1861 , Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets :
the sound of gargling
(slang) lager, drink
As verbs the difference between jargle and gargle
is that jargle is to emit a harsh or discordant sound while gargle is to clean one's mouth by holding water or some other liquid in the back of the mouth and blowing air out from the lungs.As a noun gargle is
a liquid used for gargling.jargle
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Verb
(jargl)- Thy mother could thee for thy cradle set / Her husband's rusty iron corselet; / Whose jargling sound might rock her babe to rest, / That never plain'd of his uneasy nest.
gargle
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(Gargling)Etymology 1
From (etyl) . Compare gargoyle.Verb
(gargl)- She hated the poisoned feeling in her throat, and no matter how often she gargled she felt unclean and disgusting.
- They don't gargle their throats with anything stronger than coffee at this tavern.
- Every morning he gargled a little cheap Scotch.
Noun
(en noun)- Take of borax 1 drm., tinc. of myrrh 1/2 oz., clarified honey 1 oz., rose or distilled water, 4 oz.; mix. To be used as a gargle or mouth wash in sore mouth or affection of the gums.