bull vs bungle

bull and bungle both are nouns.

bull and bungle both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bull	Yes	No	Yes	No
bungle	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, bungle is a hypernym of bull; that is, bungle is a word with a broader meaning than bull:

bull: a serious and ludicrous blunder
bungle: an embarrassing mistake

Other hypernyms of bull include bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall.

bull (noun)	bungle (noun)
a serious and ludicrous blunder	an embarrassing mistake
uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
Obscene word for unacceptable behavior
a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
the center of a target
uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
a large and strong and heavyset man

bull (verb)	bungle (verb)
advance in price	spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly
speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths	make a mess of, destroy or ruin
try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
push or force

Difference between bull and bungle

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