different between litter vs jumble
litter
English
Etymology
From French litière, from lit (“bed”), from Latin lectus; confer Ancient Greek ??????? (léktron). Had the sense ‘bed’ in very early English, but then came to mean ‘portable couch’, ‘bedding’, ‘strewn rushes (for animals)’, etc.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?l?t?(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /?l?t?/, [?l???]
- Rhymes: -?t?(r)
- Homophone: lidder (US)
Noun
litter (countable and uncountable, plural litters)
- (countable) A platform mounted on two shafts, or a more elaborate construction, designed to be carried by two (or more) people to transport one (in luxury models sometimes more) third person(s) or (occasionally in the elaborate version) a cargo, such as a religious idol.
- (collective, countable) The offspring of a mammal born in one birth.
- (uncountable) Material used as bedding for animals.
- (uncountable) Collectively, items discarded on the ground.
- 1730, Jonathan Swift, s:The Lady's Dressing Room
- Strephon [...] / Stole in, and took a strict survey / Of all the litter as it lay.
- 1730, Jonathan Swift, s:The Lady's Dressing Room
- (uncountable) Absorbent material used in an animal's litter tray
- (uncountable) Layer of fallen leaves and similar organic matter in a forest floor.
- A covering of straw for plants.
Synonyms
- (platform designed to carry a person or a load): palanquin, sedan chair, stretcher, cacolet
- (items discarded on the ground): waste, rubbish, garbage (US), trash (US), junk
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
litter (third-person singular simple present litters, present participle littering, simple past and past participle littered)
- (intransitive) To drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles).
- (transitive) To scatter carelessly about.
- (transitive) To strew (a place) with scattered articles.
- (transitive) To give birth to, used of animals.
- (intransitive) To produce a litter of young.
- (transitive) To supply (cattle etc.) with litter; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.
- 1693, John Hacket, Scrinia reserata: a Memorial offered to the great Deservings of John Williams
- Tell them how they litter their jades.
- For his ease, well litter'd was the floor.
- 1693, John Hacket, Scrinia reserata: a Memorial offered to the great Deservings of John Williams
- (intransitive) To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.
- 1634, William Habington, Castara
- The inn where he and his horse litter'd.
- 1634, William Habington, Castara
Derived terms
- litterer
Translations
Anagrams
- retilt, tilter, titler
Norman
Etymology
From Old French luitier, loitier, luiter (compare French lutter), from Vulgar Latin luct?re, from Latin luctor, luct?r? (“struggle, wrestle, fight”).
Verb
litter
- (Jersey) to wrestle
Derived terms
- litteux (“wrestler”)
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jumble
English
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /d??mb?l/
- Rhymes: -?mb?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English jumbelen, alteration of jumbren, jombren, a variant of jumpren, frequentative of jumpen (“to jump”), equal to jump +? -le. More at jumber, jump, jumper.
Verb
jumble (third-person singular simple present jumbles, present participle jumbling, simple past and past participle jumbled)
- (transitive) To mix or confuse.
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of Contentment (sermon)
- Why dost thou blend and jumble such inconsistencies together?
- Every clime and age jumbled together.
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of Contentment (sermon)
- (intransitive) To meet or unite in a confused way.
Derived terms
- jumble up
Translations
Noun
jumble (countable and uncountable, plural jumbles)
- A mixture of unrelated things.
- (uncountable, Britain) Items for a rummage sale.
- (countable, Britain, informal) A rummage sale.
- 1982, Hunter Davies, Flossie Teacake's Fur Coat
- "That's a nice coat," said Bella. "I used to have one like that. Got it at a jumble. But it didn't suit me. You look great in it."
- 1982, Hunter Davies, Flossie Teacake's Fur Coat
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:hodgepodge
Translations
See also
- jumble sale
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
jumble (plural jumbles)
- (archaic) A small, thin, sugared cake, usually ring-shaped.
Alternative forms
- jumbal
- jumball
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