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Suckle vs Huckle - What's the difference?

suckle | huckle |

As nouns the difference between suckle and huckle

is that suckle is (obsolete) a teat while huckle is (label) the hip, the haunch.

As a verb suckle

is to give suck to; to nurse at the breast.

suckle

English

(Breastfeeding)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A teat.

    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To give suck to; to nurse at the breast.
  • * William Shakespeare
    • The breasts of Hecuba / When she did suckle Hector, looked not lovelier.
  • * Landor
    • They are not weak, suckled by Wisdom.
  • To nurse; to suck.

    • Derived terms

    * suckling

    huckle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) The hip, the haunch.
  • * 1676 , A Way to Get Wealth , Book I, page 5
  • * 1687 , The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha and His Trusty Squire (translated by JP), Book II, page 433:
  • * 1837 , John French Burke, British husbandry: exhibiting the farming practice , page 392:
  • A bunch or part projecting like the hip.
    • (Udall)
  • A homosexual man.
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