different between turbulence vs muddle
turbulence
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin turbulentia, or from turbulent +? -ence.
Noun
turbulence (countable and uncountable, plural turbulences)
- (uncountable) The state or fact of being turbulent or agitated; tempestuousness, disturbance.
- (uncountable) Disturbance in a gas or fluid, characterized by evidence of internal motion or unrest.
- (uncountable) Specifically, a state of agitation or disturbance in the air which is disruptive to an aircraft.
- An instance or type of such state or disturbance.
Related terms
- turbulent
Translations
See also
- mechanical turbulence
- thermal turbulence
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muddle
English
Etymology
From Middle Dutch moddelen (“to make muddy”), from modde, mod (“mud”) (Modern Dutch modder). Compare German Kuddelmuddel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?d?l/
- Rhymes: -?d?l
Verb
muddle (third-person singular simple present muddles, present participle muddling, simple past and past participle muddled)
- To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of F. W. Newman to this entry?)
- To mash slightly for use in a cocktail.
- To dabble in mud.
- c. 1721-1722, Jonathan Swift, The Progress of Marriage
- Young ducklings foster'd by a hen;
But, when let out, they run and muddle
- Young ducklings foster'd by a hen;
- c. 1721-1722, Jonathan Swift, The Progress of Marriage
- To make turbid or muddy.
- To think and act in a confused, aimless way.
- To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.
- 1692, Richard Bentley, A Confutation of Atheism
- Their old master Epicurus seems to have had his brains so muddled and confounded with them, that he scarce ever kept in the right way.
- 1712, John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull
- often drunk, always muddled
- 1692, Richard Bentley, A Confutation of Atheism
- To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.
- 1821, William Hazlitt, On the Want of Money
- They muddle it [money] away without method or object, and without having anything to show for it.
- 1821, William Hazlitt, On the Want of Money
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
muddle (plural muddles)
- A mixture; a confusion; a garble.
- (cooking and cocktails) A mixture of crushed ingredients, as prepared with a muddler.
Translations
Derived terms
- muddle-headed
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