different between terms vs brustle

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??mz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /t?mz/

Noun

terms

1. plural of term

Verb

terms

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of term

Anagrams

• ERTMS

Swedish

Noun

terms

1. indefinite genitive singular of term

English

Etymology

From Middle English brustlien and brastlien, related to German prasseln (“to crackle”). See burst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b??s?l/

Noun

brustle (plural brustles)

1. (obsolete or dialect) A bristle.

Verb

brustle (third-person singular simple present brustles, present participle brustling, simple past and past participle brustled)

1. To crackle; to rustle.
2. To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle.
   • 1684, Thomas Otway, The Atheist: Or, The Second Part of the Soldiers Fortune

     Cour. Oh, an Atheist, Sir; he believes neither God nor the Devil.
     Fath. 'Sbud, I'll brustle up to him. Are you an Atheist, Fellow? hoh?

References

brustle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Butlers, Struble, bluster, bustler, butlers, subtler, turbels