Justle vs Rustle - What's the difference?
justle | rustle |
To jostle.
* Bible, Nahum ii. 4
* 1776 — ,
* Addison
* 1939 , , Additional Poems , IX
*:When the bells justle in the tower
*:The hollow night amid,
*:Then on my tongue the taste is sour
*:Of all I ever did.
A soft crackling sound similar to the movement of leaves.
* 1994 , (Stephen Fry), (The Hippopotamus) Chapter 2
(ergative) To move (something) with a soft crackling sound.
*1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 22[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/22]
*:The next day at three o'clock we were again at the door, and the footmen as before; we heard the silk dress rustle , and the lady came down the steps and in an imperious voice, she said, "York, you must put those horses' heads higher, they are not fit to be seen."
To make or obtain in a lively, energetic way.
To steal (cattle or other livestock).
As verbs the difference between justle and rustle
is that justle is to jostle while rustle is (ergative) to move (something) with a soft crackling sound.As a noun rustle is
a soft crackling sound similar to the movement of leaves.justle
English
Verb
(en-verb)- The chariots shall rage in the streets; they shall justle one against another in the broad ways.
Wealth of Nations, page 759
- Where the competition is free, the rivalship of competitors, who are all endeavouring to justle one another out of employment, obliges every man to endeavour to execute his work with a certain degree of exactness.
- We justled one another out, and disputed the post for a great while.
rustle
English
Noun
(en noun)- He heard the silken rustle of a dressing-gown being drawn on.
Verb
(rustl)- rustle some food
- rustle up some food