Fuzzle vs. Muzzle — What's the Difference?

To make drunk; to intoxicate.

The projecting part of the face, including the nose and mouth, of an animal such as a dog or horse

To make drunk; to intoxicate; to fuddle.

The open end of the barrel of a firearm

Put a muzzle on (an animal)

The forward, projecting part of the head of certain animals, such as dogs, including the mouth, nose, and jaws; the snout.

A device that is fitted over an animal's snout, often used to prevent biting or eating.

The forward, discharging end of the barrel of a firearm.

A restraint on free movement or expression

To put a muzzle on (an animal).

To restrain from expression

The protruding part of an animal's head which includes the nose, mouth and jaws.

A person's mouth.

A device used to prevent an animal from biting or eating, which is worn on its snout.

(firearms) The mouth or the end for entrance or discharge of a gun, pistol etc., that the bullet emerges from.

A piece of the forward end of the plow-beam by which the traces are attached.

An openwork covering for the nose, used for the defense of the horse, and forming part of the bards in the 15th and 16th centuries.

(transitive) To bind or confine an animal's mouth by putting a muzzle, as to prevent it from eating or biting.

To restrain (from speaking, expressing opinion or acting); to gag; to silence; to censor.

To veil, mask, muffle.

To fondle with the closed mouth; to nuzzle.

(intransitive) To bring the muzzle or mouth near.

The projecting mouth and nose of a quadruped, as of a horse; a snout.

The mouth of a thing; the end for entrance or discharge; as, the muzzle of a gun.

A fastening or covering (as a band or cage) for the mouth of an animal, to prevent eating or vicious biting.

To bind the mouth of; to fasten the mouth of, so as to prevent biting or eating; hence, figuratively, to bind; to sheathe; to restrain from speech or action; as, the dictator muzzled all the newspapers.

To fondle with the closed mouth.

To bring the mouth or muzzle near.

The open circular discharging end of a gun

Forward projecting part of the head of certain animals; includes the jaws and nose

A leather or wire restraint that fits over an animal's snout (especially a dog's nose and jaws) and prevents it from eating or biting

Restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting

Fit with a muzzle;

Prevent from speaking out;

Tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them;