different between grumble vs gruntle

English

Etymology

Probably from Middle French grommeler, from Old French grumeler (“to murmur, grumble”), from Middle Dutch *grommelen ("to murmur, mutter, grunt"; > Modern Dutch grommelen (“to grumble”)), frequentative of Middle Dutch grommen (“to growl, grunt”). Cognate with Middle Low German grummelen (> Low German grummeln (“to grumble”)), German grummeln (“to grumble”), Norwegian dialectal grymja (“to growl, grunt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????mbl?/
• Rhymes: -?mb?l

Noun

grumble (plural grumbles)

1. (onomatopoeia) A low thundering, rumbling or growling sound.
2. The sound made by a hungry stomach.
3. A surly complaint.

   That whiner is never without a grumble to share.

Derived terms

• grumbly

Translations

Verb

grumble (third-person singular simple present grumbles, present participle grumbling, simple past and past participle grumbled)

1. (intransitive) To make a low, growling or rumbling noise, like a hungry stomach or certain animals.

   The distant thunder grumbles.
2. (intransitive) To complain; to murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner.

   He grumbles about the food constantly, but has yet to learn to cook.

3. (transitive) To utter in a grumbling fashion.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:complain

Derived terms

• begrumble
• grumbler

Translations

See also

• rumble

English

Etymology 1

grunt +? -le (early modern English frequentative suffix)

Verb

gruntle (third-person singular simple present gruntles, present participle gruntling, simple past and past participle gruntled)

1. (obsolete) To utter small, low grunts.
2. (obsolete) To complain; to grumble

Translations

Etymology 2

From grunt +? -le (diminutive suffix).

Noun

gruntle (plural gruntles)

1. A grunting sound.
2. A snort.

Etymology 3

Back-formation from disgruntled.

Verb

gruntle (third-person singular simple present gruntles, present participle gruntling, simple past and past participle gruntled)

1. (humorous) To humour; to induce the opposite effect of causing a person to become disgruntled.

   Synonyms: humour, (humorous) regruntle

Usage notes

To gruntle is not in normal usage. It has gained a certain currency amongst information security specialists to describe a process whereby the negative feelings of a disgruntled user might be reduced, or positive feelings induced.

References

• gruntle at OneLook Dictionary Search
• gruntle in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.