The difference between Fluff and Ruffle

When used as nouns, fluff means anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers, whereas ruffle means any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.

When used as verbs, fluff means to make something fluffy, whereas ruffle means to make a ruffle in.

check bellow for the other definitions of Fluff and Ruffle

  1. Fluff as a noun:

    Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.

  2. Fluff as a noun:

    Anything inconsequential or superficial.

    Examples:

    "That article was basically a bunch of fluff. It didn't say anything substantive."

  3. Fluff as a noun:

    Lapse, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.

  4. Fluff as a noun (New England):

    Marshmallow creme.

  5. Fluff as a noun (LGBT):

    A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.

  6. Fluff as a noun (Australia, euphemistic):

    A fart.

  1. Fluff as a verb (transitive):

    To make something fluffy.

    Examples:

    "The cat fluffed its tail."

  2. Fluff as a verb (intransitive):

    To become fluffy, puff up.

  3. Fluff as a verb (intransitive):

    To move lightly like fluff.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Holmes"

  4. Fluff as a verb (transitive, intransitive, of an actor or announcer):

    To make a mistake in one's lines.

  5. Fluff as a verb (transitive):

    To do incorrectly, for example mishit, miskick, miscue etc.

  6. Fluff as a verb (intransitive, Australia, euphemistic):

    To fart.

  7. Fluff as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To arouse (a male pornographic actor) before filming.

  1. Ruffle as a noun:

    Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.

    Examples:

    "She loved the dress with the lace ruffle at the hem."

  2. Ruffle as a noun:

    Disturbance; agitation; commotion.

    Examples:

    "to put the mind in a ruffle"

  3. Ruffle as a noun (military):

    A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek H. L. Scott"

  4. Ruffle as a noun (zoology):

    The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.

  1. Ruffle as a verb (transitive):

    To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.

    Examples:

    "Ruffle the end of the cuff."

  2. Ruffle as a verb (transitive):

    To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.

    Examples:

    "The wind ruffled the papers."

    "Her sudden volley of insults ruffled his composure."

  3. Ruffle as a verb (intransitive):

    To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.

  4. Ruffle as a verb (intransitive):

    To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.

  5. Ruffle as a verb (intransitive):

    To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.

  6. Ruffle as a verb:

    To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.

  7. Ruffle as a verb:

    To erect in a ruff, as feathers.

  8. Ruffle as a verb (military):

    To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.

  9. Ruffle as a verb:

    To throw together in a disorderly manner.

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