Nuzzled vs Amuse - What's the difference?
nuzzled | amuse |
(nuzzle)
To touch someone or something with the nose.
(obsolete) To nurse; to foster; to bring up.
* Milton
(obsolete) To nestle; to house, as in a nest.
To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing emotions.
* Gilpin
To cause laughter, to be funny.
(archaic) To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
* Johnson
(archaic) To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.
* Holland
* Fuller
As verbs the difference between nuzzled and amuse
is that nuzzled is (nuzzle) while amuse is .nuzzled
English
Verb
(head)nuzzle
English
Verb
- 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.
- The people had been nuzzled in idolatry.
References
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amuse
English
Verb
- I watch these movies because they amuse me.
- It always amuses me to hear the funny stories why people haven't got a ticket, but I never let them get in without paying.
- A group of children amusing themselves with pushing stones from the top [of the cliff], and watching as they plunged into the lake.
- He amused his followers with idle promises.
- Camillus set upon the Gauls when they were amused in receiving their gold.
- Being amused with grief, fear, and fright, he could not find the house.