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Mingle vs Mux - What's the difference?

mingle | mux |

In obsolete terms the difference between mingle and mux

is that mingle is a mixture while mux is dirt, filth or muck.

As an abbreviation MUX is

multiplexor.

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.
  • mux

    English

    Etymology 1

    Compare muck.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Dirt, filth or muck.
  • Verb

  • (obsolete) To make a mess of something
  • Etymology 2

    Abbreviation of multiplex, multiplexer.

    Noun

    (es)
  • a multiplexer
  • Verb

    (es)
  • to multiplex
  • Antonyms

    * (both noun and verb) demux

    See also

    * dub * MUX ----