Wangle vs. Wrangle — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Wangle and Wrangle
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Wangle
To obtain or achieve by cleverness or deceit, especially in persuading someone
She wangled the job even though she had no training.
Wrangle
To quarrel noisily or angrily.
Wangle
To extricate oneself by subtle or indirect means, as from difficulty; wriggle
He wangled out of a shift at work by pretending to be sick.
Wrangle
To grasp and maneuver something.
Wangle
(transitive) To obtain through deceitful or manipulative methods.
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Wrangle
To attempt to deal with or understand something; contend or struggle
"In the lab ... students wrangle with the nature of discovery" (Laura Pappano).
Wangle
(transitive) To falsify, as records.
Wrangle
To win or obtain by argument
Wrangle a free ticket to a show.
Wangle
(intransitive) To achieve through contrivance or cajolery.
Wrangle
To manage or herd (horses or cattle).
Wangle
The act of wangling
Wrangle
To manage or control (something, especially an animal), as on a movie set
Wrangled the snakes that were used in the horror movie.
Wangle
An instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery
Wrangle
To grasp and maneuver (something); wrestle
"the especially agile ironworkers whose task was to snatch steel from the sky as it came sailing in on the boom of the derrick, then wrangle it into the building's frame" (Jim Rasenberger).
Wangle
Achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
Wrangle
The act of wrangling.
Wangle
Fake or falsify;
Fudge the figures
Cook the books
Falsify the data
Wrangle
An angry, noisy argument or dispute.
Wrangle
(transitive)
Wrangle
To convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending.
Wrangle
Followed by out of: to elicit (something) from a person by arguing or bargaining.
Wrangle
(Western US) To herd (horses or other livestock).
Wrangle
(obsolete)
Wrangle
(intransitive)
Wrangle
To quarrel angrily and noisily; to bicker.
Wrangle
To make harsh noises as if quarrelling.
Wrangle
To argue, to debate; also (dated), to debate or discuss publicly, especially about a thesis at a university.
Wrangle
(countable) An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; an altercation.
Wrangle
(uncountable) Angry disputation; noisy quarrelling.
Wrangle and bloodshed followed thence.
Wrangle
A contentious argument or response.
Wrangle
A controversy.
Wrangle
To argue; to debate; to dispute.
Wrangle
To dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly and noisily; to brawl; to altercate.
For a score of kingdoms you should wrangle.
He did not know what it was to wrangle on indifferent points.
Wrangle
To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil.
Wrangle
An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; a squabble; an altercation.
Wrangle
An angry dispute;
They had a quarrel
They had words
Wrangle
An instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
Wrangle
To quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively;
The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street
Wrangle
Herd and care for;
Wrangle horses
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