What's the difference between whiffle and whiffler?
Whiffle
Definition:
(v. i.) To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about.
(v. i.) To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.
(v. t.) To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter.
(v. t.) To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.
(n.) A fife or small flute.
Example Sentences:
(1) While the crusaders litter the countryside with steaming piles of barbecued heretics, there's some modern Durr Vinci Code whiffle involving hooded business types and clandestine sacrifices conducted in the name of "ze inheritors of ze Grail".
(2) There'll be less of that meaningless corporate whiffle-waffle, sunshine.
(3) TSS-associated strains of S. aureus--whether positive or negative for TSS toxin 1 (TSST-1)--could not be distinguished from non-TSS-associated strains of S. aureus by means of the rabbit whiffle-ball infection model; therefore, limited pilot infection studies were conducted in pigs and baboons.
Whiffler
Definition:
(n.) One who whiffles, or frequently changes his opinion or course; one who uses shifts and evasions in argument; hence, a trifler.
(n.) One who plays on a whiffle; a fifer or piper.
(n.) An officer who went before procession to clear the way by blowing a horn, or otherwise; hence, any person who marched at the head of a procession; a harbinger.