different between cuddle vs buddle

English

Etymology

Origin uncertain, but probably from a frequentative form of Middle English *cudden, cuththen, keththen (“to embrace”), a variant of cuthen, kuthen, kithen (“to be familiar with, make known”), from Middle English cuth, couth (“known, familiar”), equivalent to couth +? -le. Cognate with Middle Dutch kudden (“to come together, flock together”). More at couth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?d.l?/
• Rhymes: -?d?l

Noun

cuddle (plural cuddles)

1. A snuggle; an affectionate embrace, often given to family members and close friends.

Translations

Verb

cuddle (third-person singular simple present cuddles, present participle cuddling, simple past and past participle cuddled)

1. (intransitive) To embrace affectionately, lie together snugly.

   The young lovers cuddled on the couch.

2. (transitive) To cradle in one's arms so as to give comfort, warmth.

   She cuddled the infant before bedtime.

   I'm cold; can you roll over here and cuddle me, honey?

3. To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle.
   • 1717, Matthew Prior, The Dove

     She cuddles low behind the brake; / Nor would she stay, nor dares she fly.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• dulced

English

Etymology

Compare German butteln (“to shake”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?b?d.?l/
• Rhymes: -?d?l

Noun

buddle (plural buddles)

1. An apparatus on which crushed ore is washed.

Verb

buddle (third-person singular simple present buddles, present participle buddling, simple past and past participle buddled)

1. (transitive) To wash (ore) in a buddle.

Derived terms

• buddler

German

Pronunciation

Verb

buddle

1. inflection of buddeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Plautdietsch

Verb

buddle

1. to bubble