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fumble vs botch

botch vs fumble

fumble and botch both are nouns.

fumble and botch both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
fumble Yes No Yes No
botch Yes No Yes No
As nouns, botch is a hypernym of fumble; that is, botch is a word with a broader meaning than fumble:
  • fumble: (sports) dropping the ball
  • botch: an embarrassing mistake
Other hypernyms of fumble include bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall.
As verbs, fumble and botch are synonyms defined as:
  • fumble and botch: make a mess of, destroy or ruin
fumble (noun) botch (noun)
(sports) dropping the ball an embarrassing mistake
fumble (verb) botch (verb)
drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder make a mess of, destroy or ruin
feel about uncertainly or blindly
handle clumsily
make one's way clumsily or blindly
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Difference between fumble and botch

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