Budge vs. Badge

Budge vs. Badge — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Budge and Badge

Budgeverb

(intransitive) To move; to be shifted from a fixed position.

I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but it won’t budge an inch.

Badgenoun

A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one's clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.

the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman

Budgeverb

(transitive) To move; to shift from a fixed position.

I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but I can’t budge it.

Badgenoun

A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.

Budgeverb

To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs.

The Minister for Finance refused to budge on the new economic rules.

Badgenoun

A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.

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Budgeverb

To cut or butt (in line); to join the front or middle rather than the back of a queue.

Hey, no budging! Don't budge in line!

Badgenoun

Something characteristic; a mark; a token.

Budgeverb

To try to improve the spot of a decision on a sports field.

Badgenoun

A brand on the hand of a thief, etc.

He has got his badge, and piked: He was burned in the hand, and is at liberty.

Budgenoun

A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on, formerly used as an edging and ornament, especially on scholastic habits.

Badgenoun

(nautical) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.

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Budgeadjective

(obsolete) austere or stiff, like scholastics

Badgenoun

(heraldry) A distinctive mark worn by servants, retainers, and followers of royalty or nobility, who, being beneath the rank of gentlemen, have no right to armorial bearings.

Budgenoun

United States tennis player who in 1938 was the first to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles championship in the same year (1915-2000)

Badgenoun

(GUI) A small overlay on an icon that shows additional information about that item, such as the number of new alerts or messages.

Budgeverb

move very slightly;

He shifted in his seat

Badgenoun

An icon or emblem awarded to a user for some achievement.

When you have checked in to the site from ten different cities, you unlock the Traveller badge.

Badgeverb

(transitive) To mark or distinguish with a badge.

The television was badged as 'GE', but wasn't made by them.

Badgeverb

(transitive) To show a badge to.

He calmed down a lot when the policeman badged him.

Badgeverb

(transitive) To enter a restricted area by showing one's badge.

Badgenoun

an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.);

they checked everyone's badge before letting them in

Badgenoun

any feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power or quality or rank);

wearing a tie was regarded as a badge of respectability

Badgeverb

put a badge on;

The workers here must be badged