Wangled vs Wrangled - What's the difference?
wangled | wrangled |
(wangle)
To obtain through manipulative or deceitful methods.
* "if a country such as China decided to wangle various concessions out of the US government" [http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/21941.html]
To falsify, as records.
To achieve through contrivance or cajolery.
* "manages to wangle his way into the investigation team" [http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2007/1/28/movies/16676327&sec=movies]
(wrangle)
To bicker, or quarrel angrily and noisily.
* Shakespeare
* Addison
to herd horses or other livestock
To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil.
* Bishop Robert Sanderson
As verbs the difference between wangled and wrangled
is that wangled is past tense of wangle while wrangled is past tense of wrangle.wangled
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(head)wangle
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(wangl)Derived terms
* wanglerSee also
* wranglewrangled
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(head)wrangle
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(wrangl)- For a score of kingdoms you should wrangle .
- He did not know what it was to wrangle on indifferent points.
- When we have wrangled ourselves as long as our wits and strengths will serve us, the honest, downright sober English Protestant will be found in the end the man that walketh in the safest way, and by the surest line.
- I don't know how, but she managed to wrangle us four front row seats at tonight's game.
