Fumble vs. Rumble — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Fumble and Rumble
Definitions
Fumble➦
A fumble in gridiron football occurs when a player who has possession and control of the ball loses it before being downed (tackled), scoring, or going out of bounds. By rule, it is any act other than passing, kicking, punting, or successful handing that results in loss of ball possession by a player.
Rumble➦
To make a deep, long, rolling sound.
Fumble➦
To touch or handle nervously or idly
Fumble with a necktie.
Rumble➦
To move or proceed with a deep, long, rolling sound.
Fumble➦
To grope awkwardly to find or to accomplish something
Fumble for a key.
Rumble➦
(Slang) To engage in a gang fight.
Fumble➦
To proceed awkwardly and uncertainly; blunder
Fumble through a speech.
Rumble➦
To utter with a deep, long, rolling sound.
Fumble➦
(Football) To drop a ball that is in play.
Rumble➦
To polish or mix (metal parts) in a tumbling box.
Fumble➦
(Baseball) To mishandle a ground ball.
Rumble➦
A deep, long, rolling sound.
Fumble➦
To touch or handle clumsily or idly
"fumbled the skeleton key into the lock and turned it" (Bentley Dadmun).
Rumble➦
A tumbling box.
Fumble➦
To make a mess of; bungle.
Rumble➦
A luggage compartment or servant's seat in the rear of a carriage.
Fumble➦
To feel or make (one's way) awkwardly.
Rumble➦
Pervasive, widespread expression of unrest or dissatisfaction.
Fumble➦
(Football) To drop (a ball) while in play.
Rumble➦
A gang fight.
Fumble➦
(Baseball) To mishandle (a ground ball).
Rumble➦
A low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach.
The rumble from passing trucks made it hard to sleep at night.
Fumble➦
The act or an instance of fumbling.
Rumble➦
(slang) A street fight or brawl.
Fumble➦
(Sports) A ball that has been fumbled.
Rumble➦
A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.
Fumble➦
To handle nervously or awkwardly.
Waiting for the interview, he fumbled with his tie.
He fumbled the key into the lock.
Rumble➦
(dated) A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.
Fumble➦
To grope awkwardly in trying to find something
He fumbled for his keys.
He fumbled his way to the light-switch.
Rumble➦
(intransitive) To make a low, heavy, continuous sound.
If I don't eat, my stomach will rumble.
I could hear the thunder rumbling in the distance.
Fumble➦
(intransitive) To blunder uncertainly.
He fumbled through his prepared speech.
Rumble➦
(transitive) To discover deceitful or underhanded behaviour.
The police is going to rumble your hideout.
Fumble➦
To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly.
To fumble for an excuse
Rumble➦
(intransitive) To move while making a rumbling noise.
The truck rumbled over the rough road.
Fumble➦
To drop a ball or a baton etc. by accident.
Rumble➦
To fight; to brawl.
Fumble➦
To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
Rumble➦
To provide haptic feedback by vibrating.
Fumble➦
Of a man, to sexually underperform.
Rumble➦
(transitive) To cause to pass through a rumble, or polishing machine.
Fumble➦
A ball etc. that has been dropped by accident.
Rumble➦
(obsolete) To murmur; to ripple.
Fumble➦
(British) A dessert similar to a cross between a fool and a crumble.
Rumble➦
An onomatopoeia describing a rumbling noise
Fumble➦
To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.
Adams now began to fumble in his pockets.
Rumble➦
To make a low, heavy, continued sound; as, the thunder rumbles at a distance.
In the mean while the skies 'gan rumble sore.
The people cried and rombled up and down.
Fumble➦
To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to fumble for an excuse.
My understanding flutters and my memory fumbles.
Alas! how he fumbles about the domains.
Rumble➦
To murmur; to ripple.
To rumble gently down with murmur soft.
Fumble➦
To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers.
Rumble➦
A noisy report; rumor.
Delighting ever in rumble that is new.
Fumble➦
To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together.
Rumble➦
A low, heavy, continuous sound like that made by heavy wagons or the reverberation of thunder; a confused noise; as, the rumble of a railroad train.
Clamor and rumble, and ringing and clatter.
Merged in the rumble of awakening day.
Fumble➦
(sports) dropping the ball
Rumble➦
A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.
Kit, well wrapped, . . . was in the rumble behind.
Fumble➦
Feel about uncertainly or blindly;
She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom
Rumble➦
A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.
Fumble➦
Make one's way clumsily or blindly;
He fumbled towards the door
Rumble➦
A loud low dull continuous noise;
They heard the rumbling of thunder
Fumble➦
Handle clumsily
Rumble➦
A servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage
Fumble➦
Make a mess of, destroy or ruin;
I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
The pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
Rumble➦
A fight between rival gangs of adolescents
Fumble➦
Drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder;
Fumble a grounder
Rumble➦
Make a low noise;
Rumbling thunder
Rumble➦
To utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds;
He grumbled a rude response
Stones grumbled down the cliff
