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Waffled vs Raffled - What's the difference?

waffled | raffled |

As verbs the difference between waffled and raffled

is that waffled is past tense of waffle while raffled is past tense of raffle.

As an adjective waffled

is having a waffle-like pattern of intersecting creases.

waffled

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having a waffle-like pattern of intersecting creases.
  • * 2001 , Randy Holderfield, Michael J. Varhola, D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944 , page 73:
    • The US "pineapple" grenade's iron outer surface was waffled to aid its fragmentation into jagged shrapnel when it exploded.
  • * 2001 , Rela Mazali, Maps of Women's Goings and Stayings , page 213:
    • In a light white dress that I think was waffled cotton, or possibly a very light pastel blue. The color occurs to me when I look at the photo, unembodied, floating alongside of it. It's in black and white. Probably snapped before color [...]
  • * 2004 , , Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings , HarperCollins, ISBN 978-0-06-056668-5, page 85:
    • Nate and Amy were waiting in the lobby of the Maui county jail in Wailuku, sitting in metal chairs designed to promote discomfort and waffled butt skin.
  • * 2007 , , Flash of Eden , AuthorHouse, ISBN 978-1-4343-4070-2, page 38:
    • You have seen catering trucks: shiny stainless steel that is waffled with creases that look like diamonds.
  • * 1996 , Michael D. Tusiani, The Petroleum Shipping Industry: A nontechnical overview :
    • The primary barrier between the cargo and the first layer of insulation, and the secondary barrier between the two layers of insulation, were waffled or corrugated stainless steel plates free to contract or expand independently [...]

    Verb

    (head)
  • (waffle)

    • raffled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (raffle)

    • raffle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A drawing, often held as a fundraiser, in which tickets or chances are sold to win a prize.
    • He entered a raffle to win a lifetime supply of toothpaste, but he did not win.
  • (obsolete) A game of dice in which the player who throws three of the same number wins all the stakes.
    • (Cotgrave)

    Derived terms

    * meat raffle

    Verb

  • To award something by means of a raffle or random drawing, often used with off.
    • They raffled off four gift baskets.
  • To participate in a raffle.
    • to raffle for a watch