Madden vs Nettle - What's the difference?

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Madden is a related term of nettle.

As a proper noun madden

is .

As a noun nettle is

any plant, the foliage of which is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.

As a verb nettle is

(literally) of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting causing a rash in someone.

madden

English

Verb

(en verb)

To make angry.

To make insane; to inflame with passion.

(obsolete) To become furious.

* {{quote-book, year=1855, title=Westward Ho!, author=Charles Kingsley citation

, passage=The rascal saw his advantage, and began a fierce harangue against the heretic strangers. As he maddened , his hearers maddened; the savage nature, capricious as a child's, flashed out in wild suspicion. Women yelled, men scowled, and ran hastily to their huts for bows and blow-guns.}}

* {{quote-book, year=1870, title=Irish folk lore, author=John O'Hanlon, page=71 citation

, passage=And as he maddened at the thought, honest Fergus, too, forgot himself, and added in an excited strain, " I wish one end o' the hog's puddin' was sthuck in yer nose, you foolish craythur!"}}

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nettle

English

(wikipedia nettle) (Urtica)

Noun

(en noun)

Any plant, the foliage of which is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.

# Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica , the stinging nettles:

## Most, but not all, subspecies of ,

## ;

# Wood nettle ();

# (vern)s and (spurge nettle)s of genus :

## , (bull nettle), (spurge nettle),

## , (Texas bull nettle),

## , (bull nettle),

## (vern) or (tree nettle)s:

### Various species of the genus ,

### ,

### ;

# (rock nettle) ();

# (small-leaved nettle) ().

Certain plants that have spines or prickles:

# (ball nettle) ();

# , (bull nettle), (silver-leaf nettle), (white horse-nettle);

# , (western horse-nettle), (robust horse-nettle);

# , (horse-nettle);

# Celtis .

Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the same family (Lamiaceae as the stinging nettles, that resemble the species of Urtica :

# (dead nettle), (dumb nettle) (Lamium ), particularly , (white nettle);

# (false nettle) ();

# (flame nettle) or (painted nettle) (Coleus );

# (hedge nettle) (Stachys );

# (hemp nettle) ();

# (horse nettle)s:

## ,

## , (ball-nettle), (Carolina horse-nettle),

## , (bull nettle), (silver-leaf nettle), (white horse-nettle);

# (nilgiri nettle), (Himalayan giant nettle) ().

Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea nettle.

Derived terms

* grasp the nettle * nettle rash * nettlelike * nettlesome * nettly

Verb

(nettl) (transitive)

(literally) Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting causing a rash in someone.

The children were badly nettled after playing in the field.

(figuratively) To pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone.

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