What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Scribble vs Scribbly - What's the difference?

scribble | scribbly |

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 scribbly is

like a scribble; roughly scrawled; illegible or messy.

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
  • scribbly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Like a scribble; roughly scrawled; illegible or messy.