Stumble vs Jumble - What's the difference?

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In lang=en terms the difference between stumble and jumble

is that stumble is to cause to stumble or trip while jumble is to meet or unite in a confused way.

As nouns the difference between stumble and jumble

is that stumble is a fall, trip or substantial misstep while jumble is a mixture of unrelated things.

As verbs the difference between stumble and jumble

is that stumble is to trip or fall; to walk clumsily while jumble is to mix or confuse.

stumble

English

Noun

(en noun)

A fall, trip or substantial misstep.

An error or blunder.

A clumsy walk.

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Synonyms

* (a blunder) blooper, blunder, boo-boo, defect, error, fault, faux pas, fluff, gaffe, lapse, mistake, slip, thinko * See also

Verb

(stumbl)

To trip or fall; to walk clumsily.

* Sir Walter Scott

He stumbled up the dark avenue.

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To make a mistake or have trouble.

To cause to stumble or trip.

(figurative) To mislead; to confound; to cause to err or to fall.

* Milton

False and dazzling fires to stumble men.

* John Locke

One thing more stumbles me in the very foundation of this hypothesis.

To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; with on'', ''upon'', or ''against .

* Dryden

Ovid stumbled , by some inadvertency, upon Livia in a bath.

* C. Smart

Forth as she waddled in the brake, / A grey goose stumbled on a snake.

Derived terms

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Anagrams

jumble

English

Verb

(jumbl)

to mix or confuse

* Burton

Why dost thou blend and jumble such inconsistencies together?

* Tennyson

Every clime and age jumbled together.

to meet or unite in a confused way

Noun

(-)

A mixture of unrelated things.

(British) Items for a rummage sale.

(archaic) A small, thin, sugared cake, usually ring-shaped.

Synonyms

* See also