Rootle vs Footle - What's the difference?
rootle | footle |
(of an animal) to dig into the ground, with the snout
*1929, , Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 11
To waste time; to trifle.
To talk nonsense.
nonsense; foolishness.
As verbs the difference between rootle and footle
is that rootle is (of an animal) to dig into the ground, with the snout while footle is to waste time; to trifle.As a noun footle is
nonsense; foolishness.rootle
English
Verb
(rootl)- 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 .