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Whittle - What does it mean?

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Whittle vs Hack - What's the difference?

whittle | hack | Related terms |

Whittle is a related term of hack.


As nouns the difference between whittle and hack

is that whittle is a knife; especially, a pocket knife, sheath knife, or clasp knife or whittle can be (archaic) a coarse greyish double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of england, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl while hack is hedge.

As a verb whittle

is (transitive|or|intransitive) to cut or shape wood with a knife.

Whittle vs Truncate - What's the difference?

whittle | truncate |


As verbs the difference between whittle and truncate

is that whittle is (transitive|or|intransitive) to cut or shape wood with a knife while truncate is to shorten something as if by cutting off part of it.

As a noun whittle

is a knife; especially, a pocket knife, sheath knife, or clasp knife or whittle can be (archaic) a coarse greyish double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of england, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.

As an adjective truncate is

truncated.

Whittle vs Limit - What's the difference?

whittle | limit |


As nouns the difference between whittle and limit

is that whittle is a knife; especially, a pocket knife, sheath knife, or clasp knife or whittle can be (archaic) a coarse greyish double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of england, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl while limit is limit (restriction).

As a verb whittle

is (transitive|or|intransitive) to cut or shape wood with a knife.

Whittle vs Restrict - What's the difference?

whittle | restrict |


As verbs the difference between whittle and restrict

is that whittle is (transitive|or|intransitive) to cut or shape wood with a knife while restrict is to restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet.

As a noun whittle

is a knife; especially, a pocket knife, sheath knife, or clasp knife or whittle can be (archaic) a coarse greyish double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of england, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.

As an adjective restrict is

(obsolete) restricted.

Whittle vs Shittle - What's the difference?

whittle | shittle |


In archaic terms the difference between whittle and shittle

is that whittle is a whittle shawl; a kind of fine woollen shawl, originally and especially a white one while shittle is a shuttle (part of a loom).

As nouns the difference between whittle and shittle

is that whittle is a knife; especially, a pocket knife, sheath knife, or clasp knife while shittle is a shuttle (part of a loom).

As a verb whittle

is to cut or shape wood with a knife.

As an adjective shittle is

unsettled; uneasy; disturbed.

Whirtle vs Whittle - What's the difference?

whirtle | whittle |


As nouns the difference between whirtle and whittle

is that whirtle is (engineering) a perforated steel die through which wires or tubes are drawn to form them while whittle is a knife; especially, a pocket knife, sheath knife, or clasp knife or whittle can be (archaic) a coarse greyish double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of england, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.

As a verb whittle is

(transitive|or|intransitive) to cut or shape wood with a knife.

Whittle vs Whittled - What's the difference?

whittle | whittled |


As verbs the difference between whittle and whittled

is that whittle is (transitive|or|intransitive) to cut or shape wood with a knife while whittled is (whittle).

As a noun whittle

is a knife; especially, a pocket knife, sheath knife, or clasp knife or whittle can be (archaic) a coarse greyish double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of england, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.

Wittle vs Whittle - What's the difference?

wittle | whittle |


As verbs the difference between wittle and whittle

is that wittle is misspelling of lang=en while whittle is to cut or shape wood with a knife.

As an adjective wittle

is little.

As a noun whittle is

a knife; especially, a pocket knife, sheath knife, or clasp knife.

Whistle vs Whittle - What's the difference?

whistle | whittle |


In transitive terms the difference between whistle and whittle

is that whistle is to send, signal, or call by a whistle while whittle is to reduce or gradually eliminate something (such as a debt).

As nouns the difference between whistle and whittle

is that whistle is a device designed to be placed in the mouth in order, or driven by steam or otherwise, to make a whistling sound while whittle is a knife; especially, a pocket knife, sheath knife, or clasp knife.

As verbs the difference between whistle and whittle

is that whistle is to make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips while whittle is to cut or shape wood with a knife.

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