Buffle vs. Muffle — What's the Difference?

(obsolete) A buffalo.

To wrap up, as in a blanket or shawl, for warmth, protection, or secrecy.

The buffalo.

To wrap or pad in order to deaden the sound

To puzzle; to be at a loss.

To deaden (a sound)

To make vague or obscure

To repress; stifle.

Something that muffles.

A kiln or part of a kiln in which pottery can be fired without being exposed to direct flame.

The hairless snout of certain ruminants, such as moose.

Anything that mutes or deadens sound.

A warm piece of clothing for the hands.

A boxing glove.

A kiln or furnace, often electric, with no direct flames (a muffle furnace)

The bare end of the nose between the nostrils, especially in ruminants.

A machine with two pulleys to hoist load by spinning wheels, polyspast, block and tackle.

(transitive) To wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up.

(transitive) To wrap up or cover (a source of noise) in order to deaden the sound.

(transitive) To mute or deaden (a sound etc.).

To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.

To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.

The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; - used esp. of ruminants.

Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff.

An earthenware compartment or oven, often shaped like a half cylinder, used in furnaces to protect objects heated from the direct action of the fire, as in scorification of ores, cupellation of ore buttons, etc.

A small oven for baking and fixing the colors of painted or printed pottery, without exposing the pottery to the flames of the furnace or kiln.

A pulley block containing several sheaves.

To wrap up in something that conceals or protects; to wrap, as the face and neck, in thick and disguising folds; hence, to conceal or cover the face of; to envelop; to inclose; - often with up.

To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.

To wrap or fit with something that dulls or deadens the sound of; as, to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock; to muffle the exhaust of a motor vehicle.

To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.

A kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature

Conceal or hide;

Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping