Nurdle vs Pellet - What's the difference?
nurdle | pellet |
(cricket) To score runs by gently nudging the ball into vacant areas of the field.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6668549.stm 1349: "Collingwood picks up the first run after lunch with a nurdle to wide mid-on."
(conversation) To gently waffle or muse on a subject which one clearly knows little about.
(cricket) Such a shot.
A cylindrical shaped pre-production plastic pellet used in manufacturing and packaging.
A blob of toothpaste shaped like a wave, often depicted on toothpaste packaging.http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/nurdle/http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2010/07/29/colgate-glaxosmithkline-set-to-battle-over-toothpaste-nurdle/ Wall Street Journal, July 29, 2010, "Colgate, GlaxoSmithKline, Set to Battle Over Toothpaste ‘Nurdle’"
A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.
A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.
Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls. Serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.
(heraldiccharge) A roundel sable (black circular spot; also called ogress).
As verbs the difference between nurdle and pellet
is that nurdle is (cricket) to score runs by gently nudging the ball into vacant areas of the fieldhttp://newsbbccouk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6668549stm 1349: "collingwood picks up the first run after lunch with a nurdle to wide mid-on" while pellet is to form into pellets.As nouns the difference between nurdle and pellet
is that nurdle is (cricket) such a shot while pellet is a small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.nurdle
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(en noun)- a pellet of wood, paper, or ore