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Wimble vs Womble - What's the difference?

wimble | womble |

As nouns the difference between wimble and womble

is that wimble is any of various hand tools for boring holes while womble is (uk) a womble.

As verbs the difference between wimble and womble

is that wimble is to truss hay with a wimble while womble is .

As an adjective wimble

is (obsolete) active; nimble.

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)

    womble

    English

    (The Wombles)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK) A fictitious pointy-nosed furry creature. They are supposed to live in burrows, where they help the environment by collecting and recycling rubbish in creative ways.
    • Wombles are a bit like teddy bears to look at but they have real claws and live underneath Wimbledon Common and devote their lives to ‘tidying up’ all the things those untidy Human Beings leave behind. (E. Beresford, 1968)