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Madling vs Badling - What's the difference?

madling | badling |

As nouns the difference between madling and badling

is that madling is a mad creature; one who acts wildly or foolishly while badling is an effeminate or womanish man or badling can be a brood, group, or flock of ducks.

As an adjective madling

is mad; insane; crazy.

madling

English

Etymology 1

From .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A mad creature; one who acts wildly or foolishly.
  • *1881 , Benjamin Preston, Dialect and other poems, with glossary of the local words :
    • A madling' acts in opposition to common sense. He is an owd ' madling whose reason has become childish by the lapse of years.
  • *2006 , Jacqueline Carey, Godslayer: Volume II of The Sundering :
    • A madling was speaking to them; a woman. Dani stopped with a mind to retreat.
  • *2010 , George R. R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Songs of the Dying Earth :
    • The madling —he had appeared today in the form of Austeri-Pranz, one of Vespanus' instructors at Roë, an intimidating man with bulging, rolling eyes and a formidable overbite—gave the question his consideration.

    Etymology 2

    Either from attributive use of madling (see above), or for maddling, present participle of . More at (l).

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Mad; insane; crazy.
  • *1881 , Benjamin Preston, Dialect and other poems, with glossary of the local words :
    • To be madling is to have our ideas confused.
  • *2006 , Jacqueline Carey, Godslayer: Volume II of The Sundering :
    • The madling woman snatched the tray from his hands, giving it to the Fjeltroll to inspect.

    badling

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An effeminate or womanish man.
  • *2001 , Peter Novobatzky, Ammon Shea, Insulting English :
    • "After the storm, all the women and children bailed desperately to keep the lifeboat from sinking. Not Lucas the badling , though. He just hopped up and down in the stern, flapping his arms in the air and exclaiming, 'Oh my, oh, my!'"
  • One who is bad; a worthless person.
  • *2011 , R.T. Raichev, Murder at the Villa Byzantine :
    • The presence of the badling – poor little Clemmie – was causing particular tension.

    Etymology 2

    Perhaps from an alteration of (paddling).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A brood, group, or flock of ducks.