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Scribble vs Naughty - What's the difference?

scribble | naughty |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between scribble and naughty

is that scribble is (obsolete) to card or tease (wool) coarsely; to run through a scribbler while naughty is (obsolete) bad, worthless, substandard.

As a verb scribble

is to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry.

As a noun scribble

is careless, hasty writing, doodle or drawing.

As an adjective naughty is

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scribble

English

Verb

(scribbl)
  • To write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
  • To doodle
  • (obsolete) To card or tease (wool) coarsely; to run through a scribbler.
  • Synonyms

    * scrawl

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Careless, hasty writing, doodle or drawing
  • naughty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • * 1623 , (William Shakespeare), First Folio, The Merchant of Venice :
  • So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
  • * 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :
  • Wholesome meats to a vitiated stomack differ little or nothing from unwholesome; and best books to a naughty mind are not unappliable to occasions of evill.
  • * (rfdate) Udall:
  • Such as be intemperant, that is, followers of their naughty appetites and lusts.
  • (obsolete) Bad, worthless, substandard.
  • * (rfdate) American King James Bible, Jeremiah 24:2:
  • One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
  • Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child).
  • Some naughty boys at school hid the teacher's lesson notes.
  • Immoral]], sexually provocative; now in weakened sense, [[risqué, cheeky.
  • I bought some naughty lingerie for my honeymoon.
    If I see you send another naughty email to your friends, you will be forbidden from using the computer!

    Synonyms

    * dirty * (mischievous) mischievous

    Antonyms

    * nice

    Derived terms

    * naughtily * naughtiness * naughty bit