different between ruttle vs buttle

English

Middle English rotelen, ratelen (“to rattle”).

ruttle (plural ruttles)

ruttle (third-person singular simple present ruttles, present participle ruttling, simple past and past participle ruttled)

Back-formation from butler. Compare bottle (verb).

buttle (third-person singular simple present buttles, present participle buttling, simple past and past participle buttled)

To serve as or perform the duties of a butler.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:buttle.

Because of its origins as a back-formation, buttle is considered nonstandard and uses are often jocular.

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