different between jangler vs dangler

English

Etymology

jangle +? -er

Noun

jangler (plural janglers)

1. Someone who, or something that jangles.
2. A chatterer.
3. Someone who argues noisily.

Old French

Etymology

From Frankish *jangal?n, of Germanic origin and probably imitative (compare similar development in Latin gannio (“I bark, yelp”)). The form jogler (whence modern French jongler), derived from Latin iocor, ioculor (“to jest, to make fun”).

Verb

jangler

1. to entertain
2. (by extension) to tell stories and fables

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• ? English: juggle
• French: jongler
• ? Occitan: joglar
• ? Spanish: jinglar

English

Etymology

From dangle +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?dæ??l?(?)/

Noun

dangler (plural danglers)

1. (now rare, archaic) One who dangles about others, especially after women.
   • 1770, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, 10 January:

     ‘You see,’ she cried, ‘what a Herd of Danglers flutter around you […].’

   • 1783, Samuel Hoole, Aurelia; Or, the Contest

     Such once was I, a dangler to the fair; / Still, as a glass, I praise their dress, their air […]

2. (informal) A large earring that hangs down.
   • 1985, Susi Rogol, Create a Look with Jewelry (page 22)

     Long hair piled high on top of the head or cut to a short, curvy crop, needs the balance provided by large, dramatic earrings. Those with tresses frizzed into Pre-Raphaelite waves will like the look of huge hoops or ethnic danglers in wood […]

Anagrams

• Glander, Le Grand, Legrand, gnarled, rangled