different between haffle vs faffle

English

Compare German haften (“to cling, stick to; (dialect) to stop, stammer”).

haffle (third-person singular simple present haffles, present participle haffling, simple past and past participle haffled)

(Britain, dialect) To stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate.
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Compare famble and maffle.

faffle (third-person singular simple present faffles, present participle faffling, simple past and past participle faffled)

(Britain, dialect) To stammer.
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