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Scuffle vs Scruffle - What's the difference?

scuffle | scruffle |

As nouns the difference between scuffle and scruffle

is that scuffle is a rough disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters while scruffle is a scuffle; a physical fight or struggle.

As verbs the difference between scuffle and scruffle

is that scuffle is to fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters while scruffle is to scuffle; to wrestle.

scuffle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A rough disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters
  • * L'Estrange
    • The dog leaps upon the serpent, and tears it to pieces; but in the scuffle the cradle happened to be overturned.
  • A Dutch hoe, manipulated by both pushing and pulling
  • (archaic) A child's pinafore or bib.

    • Synonyms

    * (Dutch hoe) scuffle hoe

    Verb

    (scuffl)
  • To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.
  • * Eikon Basilike
    • A gallant man had rather fight to great disadvantage in the field, in an orderly way, than scuffle with an undisciplined rabble.
  • To walk with a shuffling gait.
  • (slang) To make a living with difficulty, getting by on a low income, to struggle financially.

    • scruffle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, dialect, Northern England) A scuffle; a physical fight or struggle.

    • Verb

    (scruffl)
  • (transitive, UK, dialect, Northern England) To scuffle; to wrestle.