Brustle vs Rustle - What's the difference?
brustle | rustle |
To crackle; to rustle.
To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle.
A soft crackling sound similar to the movement of leaves.
* 1994 , (Stephen Fry), (The Hippopotamus) Chapter 2
(ergative) To move (something) with a soft crackling sound.
*1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 22[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/22]
*:The next day at three o'clock we were again at the door, and the footmen as before; we heard the silk dress rustle , and the lady came down the steps and in an imperious voice, she said, "York, you must put those horses' heads higher, they are not fit to be seen."
To make or obtain in a lively, energetic way.
To steal (cattle or other livestock).
As nouns the difference between brustle and rustle
is that brustle is (obsolete|or|dialect) a bristle while rustle is a soft crackling sound similar to the movement of leaves.As verbs the difference between brustle and rustle
is that brustle is to crackle; to rustle while rustle is (ergative) to move (something) with a soft crackling sound.brustle
English
Verb
(brustl)- (Gower)
- (Otway)
rustle
English
Noun
(en noun)- He heard the silken rustle of a dressing-gown being drawn on.
Verb
(rustl)- rustle some food
- rustle up some food