Rustle vs Ruttle - What's the difference?
rustle | ruttle |
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).
(obsolete) A rattling]] sound in the throat arising from difficulty in [[breathe, breathing.
(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between rustle and ruttle
is that rustle is a soft crackling sound similar to the movement of leaves while ruttle is (obsolete) a rattling]] sound in the throat arising from difficulty in [[breathe|breathing.As a verb rustle
is (ergative) to move (something) with a soft crackling sound.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