Scuffled vs Scruffled - What's the difference?
scuffled | scruffled |
(scuffle)
A rough disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters
* L'Estrange
A Dutch hoe, manipulated by both pushing and pulling
(archaic) A child's pinafore or bib.
To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.
* Eikon Basilike
To walk with a shuffling gait.
(slang) To make a living with difficulty, getting by on a low income, to struggle financially.
As verbs the difference between scuffled and scruffled
is that scuffled is past tense of scuffle while scruffled is past tense of scruffle.scuffled
English
Verb
(head)scuffle
English
Noun
(en noun)- The dog leaps upon the serpent, and tears it to pieces; but in the scuffle the cradle happened to be overturned.
Synonyms
* (Dutch hoe) scuffle hoeVerb
(scuffl)- A gallant man had rather fight to great disadvantage in the field, in an orderly way, than scuffle with an undisciplined rabble.