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Nuzzle vs Fondle - What's the difference?

nuzzle | fondle | Synonyms |

Nuzzle is a synonym of fondle.


As verbs the difference between nuzzle and fondle

is that nuzzle is to touch someone or something with the nose while fondle is to touch or stroke lovingly.

nuzzle

English

Verb

  • To touch someone or something with the nose.
    • The horse nuzzled its foal's head gently to wake him up.
    The bird nuzzled up to the wires of the cage.
    She nuzzled her boyfriend in the cinema.
  • (obsolete) To nurse; to foster; to bring up.
  • * Milton
    • The people had been nuzzled in idolatry.
  • (obsolete) To nestle; to house, as in a nest.

    • Related terms

    * (l)

    References

    * Folk-etymology: a dictionary of verbal corruptions or words perverted in form or meaning, by false derivation or mistaken analogy, Abram Smythe Palmer, G. Bell and Sons, 1882, p. 261

    fondle

    English

    Verb

  • To touch or stroke lovingly.
    • Mothers fondle their babies.
  • To grasp.
    • The lovers fondled each other.

    Derived terms

    * fondler * fondlingly

    References

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    See also

    * dandle * pet

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