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Waggle vs Daggle - What's the difference?

waggle | daggle |

In lang=en terms the difference between waggle and daggle

is that waggle is to reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle while daggle is to trail, so as to wet or befoul; to make wet and limp; to moisten.

As verbs the difference between waggle and daggle

is that waggle is to move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble while daggle is to run, go, or trail oneself through water, mud, or slush; to draggle.

As a noun waggle

is a wobbling motion.

waggle

English

Verb

(waggl)
  • To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble.
  • * 1908:
    • The Mole waggled his toes from sheer happiness, spread his chest with a sigh of full contentment, and leaned back blissfully into the soft cushions.
  • To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle.
  • * L'Estrange
    • Why do you go nodding and waggling so?

    Derived terms

    * joystick waggler * waggle dance * waggly * waggler * woggle

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a wobbling motion
    • English frequentative verbs

    daggle

    English

    Verb

    (daggl)
  • To run, go, or trail oneself through water, mud, or slush; to draggle.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Nor, like a puppy [have I] daggled through the town.
  • To trail, so as to wet or befoul; to make wet and limp; to moisten.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • The warrior's very plume, I say, / Was daggled by the dashing spray.
    (Webster 1913)