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Twattle vs Swattle - What's the difference?

twattle | swattle |

As verbs the difference between twattle and swattle

is that twattle is (archaic) to talk in a digressive or long-winded way or twattle can be (archaic|transitive) to make much of, as a domestic animal; to pet while swattle is (british) (northern dialect ) to splutter; to guzzle.

twattle

English

Etymology 1

Compare tattle, twaddle.

Verb

(twattl)
  • (archaic) To talk in a digressive or long-winded way.
    • (rfquotek, L'Estrange)

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (twattl)
  • (archaic) To make much of, as a domestic animal; to pet.
    • (Grose)
    (Webster 1913)

    swattle

    English

    Verb

    (swattl)
  • (British) (northern dialect ) To splutter; to guzzle
  • (British) To fritter away

    • Synonyms

    * (fritter away) swatter

    See also

    * swaddle

    References

    * OED 2nd edition 1989

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