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Whisk vs Budge - What's the difference?

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In transitive terms the difference between whisk and budge

is that whisk is to move something rapidly and with no warning while budge is to move.

In intransitive terms the difference between whisk and budge

is that whisk is to move lightly and nimbly while budge is to move.

In obsolete terms the difference between whisk and budge

is that whisk is the card game whist while budge is austere or stiff, like scholastics.

As an adjective budge is

brisk; stirring; jocund.

whisk

English

Etymology 1

(etyl), from (etyl) visk According to] eng. (vist laant fra nord. ) whisk, the English (certainly borrowed from Old Norse) whisk[http://machaut.uchicago.edu/?action=search&word=whisk&resource=Webster's&quicksearch=on Etymology in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, from (etyl) . Cognate with Danish (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A quick, light sweeping motion.
  • With a quick whisk , she swept the cat from the pantry with her broom.
  • A kitchen utensil, made from stiff wire loops fixed to a handle, used for whipping (or a mechanical device with the same function).
  • He used a whisk to whip up a light and airy souffle.
  • A bunch of twigs or hair etc, used as a brush.
  • Peter dipped the whisk in lather and applied it to his face, so he could start shaving.
  • A small handheld broom with a small (or no) handle.
  • '' I used a whisk to sweep the counter, then a push-broom for the floor.
  • A plane used by coopers for evening chines.
  • A kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress.
  • * Samuel Pepys
  • My wife in her new lace whisk .
  • (archaic) An impertinent fellow.
  • (Halliwell)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To move something with quick light sweeping motions.
  • * J. Fletcher
  • He that walks in gray, whisking his riding rod.
  • In cooking, to whip e.g. eggs or cream.
  • To move something rapidly and with no warning.
  • * Walpole
  • I beg she would not impale worms, nor whisk carp out of one element into another.
  • To move lightly and nimbly.
  • *
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    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) The card game whist.
  • budge

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) bouger.

    Alternative forms

    * budg (obsolete)

    Verb

    (budg)
  • To move.
  • I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but it won’t budge an inch.
  • * Shakespeare
  • I'll not budge an inch, boy.
  • * 2014 , Jacob Steinberg, " Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian , 9 March 2014:
  • Yet goals in either half from Jordi Gómez and James Perch inspired them and then, in the face of a relentless City onslaught, they simply would not budge , throwing heart, body and soul in the way of a ball which seemed destined for their net on several occasions.
  • To move.
  • I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but I can’t budge it.
  • To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs.
  • The Minister for Finance refused to budge on the new economic rules.
  • To try to improve the spot of a decision on a sports field.
  • Derived terms
    * budge up * budger
    Synonyms
    * shift

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Brisk; stirring; jocund.
  • (South)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (-)
  • A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on, formerly used as an edging and ornament, especially on scholastic habits.
  • * Milton
  • They are become so liberal, as to part freely with their own budge -gowns from off their backs.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) austere or stiff, like scholastics
  • * Milton
  • Those budge doctors of the stoic fur.
    Derived terms
    * budge bachelor * budge barrel (Webster 1913)

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