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Bimble vs Wimble - What's the difference?

bimble | wimble |

As nouns the difference between bimble and wimble

is that bimble is a gentle, meandering walk with no particular haste or purpose while wimble is any of various hand tools for boring holes.

As verbs the difference between bimble and wimble

is that bimble is to walk with no particular haste or purpose while wimble is to truss hay with a wimble.

As an adjective wimble is

active; nimble.

bimble

English

Noun

(bimbles)
  • (chiefly, British) A gentle, meandering walk with no particular haste or purpose.

    • Synonyms

    * stroll

    Verb

  • (chiefly, British, intransitive) To walk with no particular haste or purpose.
  • * 2007 , Paul Simon, " Surf, snow and city in one break," The Observer (UK), 28 Jan. (retrieved 18 Jan. 2009):
    • Check-in ran like clockwork and after unpacking, we bimbled off to the cycle centre, hired two bikes and a kiddy trailer for the boys and set off to get our bearings.

    Synonyms

    * amble, dander, roam, saunter, stroll, wander

    wimble

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various hand tools for boring holes.

    • See also

    * auger * gimlet

    Verb

    (wimbl)
  • To truss hay with a wimble.
  • To bore or pierce, as with a wimble.
  • * Wood
    • A foot soldier wimbled also a hole through said coffin.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) active; nimble
    • (Spenser)