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Pootle vs Rootle - What's the difference?

pootle | rootle |

As verbs the difference between pootle and rootle

is that pootle is to wander or ramble in a leisurely, indirect, or aimless manner, such as by walking or driving; to potter while rootle is (of an animal) to dig into the ground, with the snout.

As a noun pootle

is a stroll; a wandering.

pootle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (British) A stroll; a wandering.

    • Verb

    (pootl)
  • (British) To wander or ramble in a leisurely, indirect, or aimless manner, such as by walking or driving; to potter.

    • Synonyms

    * (to wander): ramble, wander

    rootle

    English

    Verb

    (rootl)
  • (of an animal) to dig into the ground, with the snout
  • *1929, , Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 11
    • Once, presumably, this quadrangle with its smooth lawns, its massive buildings, and the chapel itself was marsh too, where the grasses waved and the swine rootled .

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