Fumbled vs Muddled - What's the difference?
fumbled | muddled |
As verbs the difference between fumbled and muddled is that fumbled is ( fumble) while muddled is ( muddle). As an adjective muddled is confused, disorganised, in disarray.
fumbled English
Verb
(head)
(fumble)
fumble English
Verb
( fumbl)
(intransitive) To idly touch or nervously handle
- Waiting for the interview, he fumbled with his tie.
- He fumbled the key into the lock.
* {{quote-news
, year=2010
, date=December 28
, author=Owen Phillips
, title=Sunderland 0 - 2 Blackpool
, work=BBC
citation
, page=
, passage=Henderson's best strike on goal saw goalkeeper Kingson uncomfortably fumble his measured shot around the post.}}
(intransitive) To grope awkwardly in trying to find something
- He fumbled for his keys.
- He fumbled his way to the light-switch.
* Fielding
- Adams now began to fumble in his pockets.
To blunder uncertainly.
- He fumbled through his prepared speech.
To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly.
- to fumble for an excuse
* Chesterfield
- My understanding flutters and my memory fumbles .
* Wordsworth
- Alas! how he fumbles about the domains.
(transitive, intransitive, sports) To drop a ball or a baton etc.
To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
* Shakespeare
- I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers.
Noun
( en noun)
(sports) A ball etc. that has been dropped
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muddled English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Confused, disorganised, in disarray.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=June 4
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=England 2 - 2 Switzerland
, work=BBC
citation
, page=
, passage=The selection of James Milner ahead of Young was the product of muddled thinking and the absence of Peter Crouch - with 22 goals in 42 England appearances - from even the substitutes' bench was also a surprise.}}
Related terms
* muddle
Verb
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(muddle)
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