Rumble vs Grumble - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between rumble and grumble

is that rumble is to cause to pass through a rumble, or polishing machine while grumble is to utter in a grumbling fashion.

As nouns the difference between rumble and grumble

is that rumble is a low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach while grumble is a low thundering, rumbling or growling sound.

As verbs the difference between rumble and grumble

is that rumble is to make a low, heavy, continuous sound while grumble is to make a low, growling or rumbling noise, like a hungry stomach or certain animals.

As an interjection rumble

is an onomatopoeia describing a rumbling noise.

rumble

English

Alternative forms

* (dialectal)

Interjection

(en interjection)

An onomatopoeia describing a rumbling noise

Noun

(en noun)

A low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach.

The rumble from passing trucks made it hard to sleep at night.

(slang) A street fight or brawl.

A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.

(dated) A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.

* Charles Dickens

Kit, well wrapped, was in the rumble behind.

Verb

(en-verb)

To make a low, heavy, continuous sound.

If I don't eat, my stomach will rumble .

I could hear the thunder rumbling in the distance.

To discover deceitful or underhanded behaviour.

The police is going to rumble your hideout.

To move while making a rumbling noise.

The truck rumbled over the rough road.

(slang) To fight; to brawl.

To cause to pass through a rumble, or polishing machine.

(obsolete) To murmur; to ripple.

* Spenser

to rumble gently down with murmur soft

Anagrams

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grumble

English

Noun

(en noun)

(onomatopoeia) A low thundering, rumbling or growling sound.

The sound made by a hungry stomach.

A complaint.

That whiner is never without a grumble to share.

Derived terms

* grumbly

Verb

(grumbl)

To make a low, growling or rumbling noise, like a hungry stomach or certain animals.

The distant thunder grumbles .

* {{quote-book

, year=1995 , author=Terry C. Johnston , title=Dance on the Wind , page=15 , passage=It made his stomach grumble in protest to think the mule was eating, and here he was worrying about her with an empty belly of his own.}}

To complain; to murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner.

He grumbles about the food constantly, but has yet to learn to cook.

To utter in a grumbling fashion.

* 2001 , Harry Willcox Pfanz, Gettysburg — the first day?

He grumbled that there was no grain "in the country" and that people were talking instead of working to provide it.

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* grumbler