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Scrabbling vs Scrambling - What's the difference?

scrabbling | scrambling |

As verbs the difference between scrabbling and scrambling

is that scrabbling is present participle of lang=en while scrambling is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between scrabbling and scrambling

is that scrabbling is a sound or motion that scrabbles while scrambling is an act of scrambling.

As an adjective scrambling is

confused and irregular; awkward; scambling.

scrabbling

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sound or motion that scrabbles.
  • * 2009 , Siri Mitchell, Love's Pursuit (page 33)
    • Even the mice had ceased their scrabblings by the time I closed my eyes.

    scrambling

    English

    Verb

    (head)
    • The Air Force is scrambling the fighter jets.
    When you start scrambling eggs, look first for tiny pieces of eggshell that might have fallen in.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of scrambling.
    • The scrambling of the message made it harder to decode.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • A huge old scrambling bedroom.