Scuttle vs. Scuddle — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Scuttle and Scuddle
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Definitions
Scuttle➦
A small opening or hatch with a movable lid in the deck or hull of a ship or in the roof, wall, or floor of a building.
Scuddle➦
(intransitive) To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle.
Scuttle➦
The lid or hatch of such an opening.
Scuddle➦
To drudge.
Scuttle➦
A metal pail for carrying coal.
Scuddle➦
To wash or cleanse.
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Scuttle➦
A shallow open basket for carrying vegetables, flowers, or grain.
Scuddle➦
To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle.
Scuttle➦
A hurried run.
Scuttle➦
To cut or open a hole or holes in (a ship's hull).
Scuttle➦
To sink (a ship) by this means.
Scuttle➦
To thwart, ruin, or terminate
“a program [the] President ... sought to scuttle” (Christian Science Monitor).
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Scuttle➦
To run or move with short hurried movements; scurry.
Scuttle➦
A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).
Scuttle➦
A broad, shallow basket.
Scuttle➦
A dish, platter or a trencher.
Scuttle➦
A small hatch or opening in a boat. Also, small opening in a boat or ship for draining water from open deck.
Scuttle➦
(construction) A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building.
Scuttle➦
A quick pace; a short run.
Scuttle➦
To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
Scuttle➦
(transitive) To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner.
The Vichy French fleet in Toulon in 1942 scuttled itself as a final "fuck you" to the invading Germans.
Scuttle➦
To deliberately wreck one's vehicle (of any sort).
Scuttle➦
To undermine or thwart oneself or one's position or property, especially deliberately.
The candidate had scuttled his chances with his unhinged outburst.
Scuttle➦
(intransitive) To move hastily, to scurry.
Scuttle➦
A broad, shallow basket.
Scuttle➦
A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.
Scuttle➦
A quick pace; a short run.
Scuttle➦
A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid.
Scuttle➦
The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like.
Scuttle➦
To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle.
With the first dawn of day, old Janet was scuttling about the house to wake the baron.
Scuttle➦
To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
Scuttle➦
To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship.
Scuttle➦
To defeat, frustrate, abandon, or cause to be abandoned; - of plans, projects, actions, hopes; as, the review committee scuttled the project due to lack of funds.
Scuttle➦
Container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
Scuttle➦
An entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
Scuttle➦
To move about or proceed hurriedly;
So terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground