Rustle vs Jingle - What's the difference?
rustle | jingle |
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).
The sound of metal or glass clattering against itself.
A short tune or verse, especially one used to advertise something.
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=June 3
, author=Nathan Rabin
, title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)
A carriage drawn by horses.
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To make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.
To cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.
(dated) To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect.
* Macaulay
As nouns the difference between rustle and jingle
is that rustle is a soft crackling sound similar to the movement of leaves while jingle is the sound of metal or glass clattering against itself.As verbs the difference between rustle and jingle
is that rustle is (ergative) to move (something) with a soft crackling sound while jingle is to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.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
Derived terms
* rustler * rustle upSee also
* abigeatAnagrams
*jingle
English
Noun
(en noun)- He heard the jingle of her keys in the door and turned off the screen.
citation, page= , passage=The best of friends become the worst of enemies when Barney makes a hilarious attack ad where he viciously pummels a cardboard cut-out of Homer before special guest star Linda Ronstadt joins the fun to both continue the attack on the helpless Homer stand-in and croon a slanderously accurate, insanely catchy jingle about how “Mr. Plow is a loser/And I think he is a boozer.” }}
Verb
- The beads jingled as she walked.
- She jingled the beads as she walked.
- Jingling street ballads.
