fondle vs dandle

fondle and dandle both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fondle	No	No	Yes	No
dandle	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, dandle is a hyponym of fondle; that is, dandle is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fondle:

Other hyponyms of fondle include paw, grope, pet, chuck, pat, nose, nuzzle, pet, tickle.

fondle (verb)	dandle (verb)
touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner	pet
	move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees