Raffle vs. Waffle
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.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 watchWaffleverb
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.
Raffleverb
dispose of in a lottery;
We raffled off a trip to the BahamasWaffleverb
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
