different between kindle vs bindle

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?ndl/
• Rhymes: -?nd?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English kindlen, from Old Norse kynda (“to inflame”), from Proto-Germanic *kundijan?.

Verb

kindle (third-person singular simple present kindles, present participle kindling, simple past and past participle kindled)

1. (transitive) To start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc.).
   • 1841, Ancient Laws and Institutes of Wales, page 336:

     If a person kindle a fire in the house of another person, let him pay for the house to the owner, if it be burned.

   • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4:

     And then it was that I first perceived the danger in which I stood; for there was no hope of kindling a light, and I doubted now whether even in the light I could ever have done much to dislodge the great slab of slate.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To arouse or inspire (a passion, etc).

3. (intransitive, figuratively) To begin to grow or take hold.

   • The doctor now interposed, and prevented the effects of a wrath which was kindling between Jones and Thwackum […]

Synonyms

• (to start a fire): ignite
• (to arouse): arouse, inspire

Antonyms

• (to start a fire): douse, extinguish
• (to arouse): dampen

Translations

Related terms

• enkindle
• kindling
• rekindle

Etymology 2

From Middle English kyndel, from kynde +? -el. The verb is derived from the noun form by conversion.

Noun

kindle (plural kindles)

1. (rare, collective) A group of kittens.

Hypernyms

• clowder, glaring

Translations

Verb

kindle (third-person singular simple present kindles, present participle kindling, simple past and past participle kindled)

1. (intransitive, of a rabbit or hare) To bring forth young; to give birth.
   • 2014, Karen Patry, The Rabbit-Raising Problem Solver, Storey Publishing ?ISBN, page 146:

     If she kindled and lost just a few kits and is not bony over her back and hind end, you can rebreed immediately. If she kindled a large litter (more than, say, eight kits), you may wish to wait a week or two before rebreeding so that she can  ...

   • The poor beast had but lately kindled.

Translations

Adjective

in kindle (not comparable)

1. (of an animal) pregnant

Anagrams

• Kindel, delink, dinkle, inkled, kilned, klined, linked

English

Etymology 1

Unknown; compare Old English bindele (“a binding, a tying”), and bundle. Additionally, compare mister from master.

Noun

bindle (plural bindles)

1. (now Scots) Any given length of cord, rope, twine, etc, used to bind something.

Etymology 2

Probably a corruption of bundle; perhaps influenced by the preceding word bindle meaning "length of cord used to bind something".

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?nd?l
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: b?n?dl, b?n?d?l, IPA^(key): /?b?ndl/, /?b?nd?l/,

Noun

bindle (plural bindles)

1. (US and Canada slang) A bundle carried by a hobo (usually containing his possessions), often on a stick slung over the shoulder; a blanket roll.
   • 2006 Cormac McCarthy, The Road:

     lastly he made a bindle in a plastic tarp of some cans of juice and cans of fruit and cans of vegetables…

2. (US and Canada slang) Any bundle or package; specifically one containing narcotics such as cocaine, heroin, or morphine.

Synonyms

• (bag of possessions): swag, swag bag (British, Australian)
• (bundle containing narcotics): baggie, baggy, deck

Hypernyms

• bag, sack

Derived terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

• blinde