different between bangle vs fangle

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæ?.??l/
• Rhymes: -æ???l

Etymology 1

From Hindi ?????? (ba?gl?, “glass bracelet”).

Noun

bangle (plural bangles)

1. A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 15

     Mrs. MacAndrew smoothed down the lap of her gown, and gold bangles fell over her wrists.

Translations

Etymology 2

Unknown, yet probably from bang +? -le (frequentative suffix).

Verb

bangle (third-person singular simple present bangles, present participle bangling, simple past and past participle bangled)

1. (transitive, obsolete) to beat about or beat down, as corn by the wind.
2. (obsolete or dialectal) to waste away little by little; squander carelessly; fritter (away).
   • , New York Review Books 2001, p.273:

     Thus betwixt hope and fear, suspicions, angers […] betwixt falling in, falling out, etc., we bangle away our best days, befool out our times […].

   If we bangle away the legacy of peace left us by Christ, it is a sign of our want of regard for him. — Duty of Man.

3. (intransitive) (falconry) to beat about in the air; flutter: said of a hawk which does not rise steadily and then swoop down upon its prey.
4. (intransitive) to flap or hang down loosely, as a hat brim or an animal's ear.

Etymology 3

Apparently from bang (verb) +? -le (instrumental suffix), perhaps ultimately connected with Proto-Germanic *bangilaz. Compare Dutch bengel, German Bengel.

Noun

bangle (plural bangles)

1. (dialectal) The cut branch of a tree; a large, rough stick; the largest piece of wood in a bundle of twigs

Anagrams

• Bangel, Bengal

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fæ?.??l/
• Rhymes: -æ???l

Etymology 1

From Middle English fangelen (verb), from fangel (“inclined to take”, adjective), from Old English *fangol, *fangel (“inclined to take”), from f?n (“to take, seize”). Compare Old English andfangol (“undertaker, contractor”), Old English underfangelnes (“undertaking, hospitality”), Middle English fangen (“to take, seize, catch”), German fangen (“to catch”). More at fang, onfang.

Verb

fangle (third-person singular simple present fangles, present participle fangling, simple past and past participle fangled)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) To fashion, manufacture, invent, or create.
   • 1641, John Milton, Of Prelatical Episcopacy^[1]:

     […] not hereby to control and new fangle the Scripture, God forbid, but to mark how corruption and apostasy crept in by degrees, and to gather up wherever we find the remaining sparks of original truth, […]

2. (obsolete or dialectal) To trim showily; entangle; hang about.
3. (obsolete or dialectal) To waste time; trifle.

Usage notes

Although obsolete in general English, the verb is still occasionally used in some regions, and is retained in the expression newfangled.

Derived terms

• fangleness
• newfangle
• newfangled

Etymology 2

Back formation from newfangled (adjective) as if new + fangle (noun). See newfangle.

Noun

fangle (plural fangles)

1. (obsolete) A prop; a taking up; a new thing.
2. Something newly fashioned; a novelty, a new fancy.
3. A foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.
4. A conceit; whim.

Anagrams

• flange