Large vs Muckle - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between large and muckle

is that large is of considerable or relatively great size or extent while muckle is (archaic|outside|northumbria|and|scotland) large, massive.

As nouns the difference between large and muckle

is that large is (music|obsolete) an old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves while muckle is (chiefly|scotland) a great amount.

As a verb muckle is

(us|dialectal) to latch onto something with the mouth.

large

English

Adjective

(er)

Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect of so large a case. Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.}}

(obsolete) Abundant; ample.

* Milton

We have yet large day.

(archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.

* Felton

I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education.

(obsolete) Free; unencumbered.

* Fairfax

Of burdens all he set the Paynims large .

(obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.

* Shakespeare

Some large jests he will make.

(nautical) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.

Synonyms

(checksyns) * big, huge, giant, gigantic, enormous, stour, great, mickle, largeish * See also

Antonyms

* small, tiny, minuscule

Derived terms

* as large as life, larger than life * by and large * enlarge * give it large * have it large * large it, large up, large it up * largely * largeness * writ large * largish

Noun

(music, obsolete) An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.

(obsolete) Liberality, generosity.

A thousand dollars.

Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large .

Derived terms

* at large

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muckle

English

Noun

(-)

(chiefly, Scotland) A great amount.

Derived terms

* many a mickle makes a muckle

Adjective

(en adjective)

(archaic, outside, Northumbria, and, Scotland) Large, massive.

* , song A Pair o Nicky-tams :

She clorts a muckle piece [sandwich] tae me, wi' different kinds o' jam,
An' tells me ilka nicht that she admires my Nicky Tams.

(archaic, outside, Northumbria, and, Scotland) Much.

Verb

(muckl)

(US, dialectal) To latch onto something with the mouth.

* {{quote-book, 1954, Elizabeth Ogilvie, The Dawning of the Day citation

, passage= And how'd she get such a holt on you, Terence Campion, let alone the way she's muckled onto those Bennetts?}}

* {{quote-book, 2002, William G. Wilkoff, The Maternity Leave Breastfeeding Plan, isbn=0743213459 citation

, passage=Another technique for the baby who is having trouble muckling on involves a breast or nipple shield.}}

* {{quote-book, 2004, William J. Vande Kopple, The Catch: Families, Fishing, and Faith, page=18, isbn=0802826776 citation

, passage=When an exhausted sucker is hauled to the top of The Wall, usually its muckling circle of a mouth goes into a frenzied sucking spasm.}}

(rare) To talk big; to exaggerate.

* {{quote-book, 1896, , The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan, year_published=1941

, passage=I told him all, / Both bad and good; / I bade him call — / He said he would: / I added much — the more I muckled , / The more that chuckling chummy chuckled! }}

Synonyms

* (to talk big) mickle

References

* * * Geordie English