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Nursle vs Nurdle - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between nursle and nurdle

is that nursle is to nurture, train, raise (up) (a person) while 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".

As a noun nurdle is

(cricket) such a shot.

nursle

English

Verb

(nursl)
  • To nurture, train, raise (up) (a person).
  • *1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.vi:
  • *:the late borne childe [...] till to ryper yeares he gan aspire, / He noursled vp in life and manners wilde [...].

    • nurdle

    English

    Verb

    (nurdl)
  • (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.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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’"

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