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Mingle vs Ingle - What's the difference?

mingle | ingle |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between mingle and ingle

is that mingle is (obsolete) a mixture while ingle is (obsolete) to cajole or coax; to wheedle.

As verbs the difference between mingle and ingle

is that mingle is to mix; intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product; to confuse; to confound while ingle is (obsolete) to cajole or coax; to wheedle.

As nouns the difference between mingle and ingle

is that mingle is (obsolete) a mixture while ingle is (obsolete|or|scotland) an open fireplace or ingle can be a catamite or ingle can be (obsolete) a paramour; a favourite; a sweetheart.

mingle

English

(Webster 1913)

Verb

(mingl)
  • To mix; intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product; to confuse; to confound.
  • * Bible, Exodus ix. 24
    • There was fire mingled with the hail.
    Across the city yesterday, there was a feeling of bittersweet reunion as streams of humanity converged and mingled at dozens of memorial services. — New York Times
  • To associate or unite in society or by ties of relationship; to cause or allow to intermarry; to intermarry.
  • * Bible, Ezra ix. 2
    • The holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands.
  • To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.
  • * Henry Rogers
    • a mingled , imperfect virtue
  • (obsolete) To put together; to join.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.
  • * (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
    • [He] proceeded to mingle another draught.
  • To become mixed or blended.

    • Derived terms

    * commingle

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A mixture.

    • Related terms

    * among * mongrel

    ingle

    English

    Etymology 1

    Origin uncertain; perhaps compare (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, or, Scotland) An open fireplace.
    • (Robert Burns)
    Derived terms
    * inglenook

    Etymology 2

    Origin unknown.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A catamite.
  • * 1926 , , :
    • Abd el Kader called them whoresons, ingle' s accidents, sons of a bitch, profiteering cuckolds and pimps, jetting his insults broadcast to the roomfull.
  • * 1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 318:
    • My dear Rob, my beloved was known as Moustache to her ingles !

    Etymology 3

    Alternative forms

    * engle

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A paramour; a favourite; a sweetheart.
    • (Toone)

    Verb

    (ingl)
  • (obsolete) To cajole or coax; to wheedle.
    • (Webster 1913)

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