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Mauling vs Madling - What's the difference?

mauling | madling |

As nouns the difference between mauling and madling

is that mauling is an instance of something being mauled while madling is a mad creature; one who acts wildly or foolishly.

As a verb mauling

is .

As an adjective madling is

mad; insane; crazy.

mauling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An instance of something being mauled.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • 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.