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Rootlet vs Rootle - What's the difference?

rootlet | rootle |

As a noun rootlet

is one of the smallest roots, hair roots.

As a verb rootle is

(of an animal) to dig into the ground, with the snout.

rootlet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One of the smallest roots, hair roots.

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    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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