Raffle vs. Waffle

Raffle vs. Waffle — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Raffle and Waffle

Rafflenoun

A drawing, often held as a fundraiser, in which tickets or chances are sold to win a prize.

He entered a raffle to win a lifetime supply of toothpaste, but he did not win.

Wafflenoun

(countable) A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern.

The brunch was waffles with strawberries and whipped cream.

Rafflenoun

(obsolete) A game of dice in which the player who throws three of the same number wins all the stakes.

Wafflenoun

A potato waffle, a savoury flat potato cake with the same kind of grid pattern.

Rafflenoun

refuse; rubbish

Wafflenoun

(uncountable) Speech or writing that is vague, pretentious or evasive.

This interesting point seems to get lost a little within a lot of self-important waffle.
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Raffleverb

(transitive) To award something by means of a raffle or random drawing, often used with off.

They raffled off four gift baskets.

Waffleverb

To smash.

Raffleverb

(intransitive) To participate in a raffle.

to raffle for a watch

Waffleverb

To move in a side-to-side motion and descend (lose altitude) before landing. Cf wiffle, whiffle.

The geese waffled as they approached the water.

Rafflenoun

a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money

Waffleverb

To speak or write vaguely and evasively.

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Raffleverb

dispose of in a lottery;

We raffled off a trip to the Bahamas

Waffleverb

To speak or write at length without any clear point or aim.

Waffleverb

To vacillate.

Waffleverb

(transitive) To rotate (one's hand) back and forth in a gesture of vacillation or ambivalence.

Wafflenoun

pancake batter baked in a waffle iron

Waffleverb

pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness;

Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures