different between wangle vs hangle

English

Blend of wag +? dangle, first attested 1810-1820.

wangle (third-person singular simple present wangles, present participle wangling, simple past and past participle wangled)

(transitive) To obtain through manipulative or deceitful methods.
- "if a country such as China decided to wangle various concessions out of the US government" [1]
(transitive) To falsify, as records.
(intransitive) To achieve through contrivance or cajolery.
- "manages to wangle his way into the investigation team" [2]

wangle (plural wangles)

From hang +? -le.

hangle (plural hangles)

A hook in a chimney for hanging a pot; a hanger.
A form of hanger by which the scabbard of a sword was suspended, attached not necessarily to the girdle, but sometimes to two rings fastened to the cuirass at its bottom edge, one over the left hip, the other near the middle of the back.

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