Ingle vs Tingle - What's the difference?
ingle | tingle |
A catamite.
* 1926 , , :
* 1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 318:
To have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.
To make ringing sounds, to twang.
*1851 ,
*:Sideways leaning, we sideways darted; every ropeyarn tingling like a wire; the two tall masts buckling like Indian canes in land tornadoes.
* Charles Dickens
To ring
To cause to ring
* 1874 , , fit 2:
As nouns the difference between ingle and tingle
is that ingle is an open fireplace while tingle is a prickling or stinging sensation.As verbs the difference between ingle and tingle
is that ingle is to cajole or coax; to wheedle while tingle is to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.ingle
English
Etymology 1
Origin uncertain; perhaps compare (etyl) .Derived terms
* inglenookEtymology 2
Origin unknown.Noun
(en noun)- Abd el Kader called them whoresons, ingle' s accidents, sons of a bitch, profiteering cuckolds and pimps, jetting his insults broadcast to the roomfull.
- My dear Rob, my beloved was known as Moustache to her ingles !
Etymology 3
Alternative forms
* engleAnagrams
* ----tingle
English
Etymology 1
Verb
(tingl)- sharp tingling bells
Etymology 2
Verb
(tingl)- the Captain they trusted so well
- Had only one notion for crossing the ocean,
- And that was to tingle his bell.