Marbles vs Garbles - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between marbles and garbles

is that marbles is (marble) while garbles is (garble).

is .

(wikipedia marbles)

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Egyptian boys played marbles before the days of Moses, and marbles are among the treasures found buried in the ruins of Pompeii.

(plural only) Any of several children's games played with small glass balls.

Egyptian boys played marbles before the days of Moses, and marbles are among the treasures found buried in the ruins of Pompeii.

(plural only, usually, in a limited number of expressions) Sanity.

Grandpa's lost his marbles , but at least he still recognizes us.

Granny's still got all her marbles .

* 2012 , , Bloody Chester , First Second, ISBN 978-1-59643-100-3, p. 63:

—Her daddy's crazy. [...] Think she's looking for something?
—Treasure, I expect. That or maybe her daddy's marbles .

* all one's marbles * lose one's marbles

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(garble)

(obsolete) To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt; as, to garble spices.

To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.

To make false by mutilation or addition

The editor garbled the story.

* garbley gook

(en noun)

(obsolete) refuse; rubbish

(Wolcott)

(obsolete) Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; garblings.

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