Bath vs Pub - What's the difference?
bath | pub |
A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
A building or area where bathing occurs.
* Gwilt
The act of bathing.
A substance or preparation in which something is immersed.
* {{quote-book, year=1879 , title=The Telephone, the Microphone and the Phonograph
, author=Th Du Moncel , page=166 , publisher=Harper
, passage=He takes the prepared charcoal used by artists, brings it to a white heat, and suddenly plunges it in a bath of mercury, of which the globules instantly penetrate the pores of charcoal, and may be said to metallize it.}}
To wash a person or animal in a bath
* {{quote-book, year=1990
, author=Mukti Jain Campion
, title=The Baby Challenge: A handbook on pregnancy for women with a physical disability.
* {{quote-book, year=2006
, author=Sue Dallas, Diana North and Joanne Angus
, title=Grooming Manual for the Dog and Cat
* {{quote-book, year=2007
, author=Robin Barker
, title=Baby Love
(biblical) An ancient Hebrew unit of liquid volume measure, equal to an ephah and to one-tenth of a homer, and approximately equal to 22 litres.
* 1611, ,
A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed and also provides food and sometimes entertainment, normally television viewing.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=Foreword * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= To go to one or more public houses.
(informal) to publish
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As verbs the difference between bath and pub
is that bath is (label) drown while pub is to go to one or more public houses or pub can be (informal|transitive) to publish.As a noun pub is
a public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed and also provides food and sometimes entertainment, normally television viewing or pub can be a publication.bath
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Among the ancients, the public baths were of amazing extent and magnificence.
- a bath of heated sand, ashes, steam, or hot air
Usage notes
Sense 3. is usually to take''' ''(US)'' or '''have ''(UK, Aus)'' a bath. See alsoDerived terms
* * * * * (US)Verb
(en verb)citation, isbn=0415048591 , page=41 , passage=Somewhere to bath''' the baby'': don't invest in a plastic baby bath. The bathroom handbasin is usually a much more convenient place to '''bath''' the baby. If your partner is more able, this could be a task he might take on as his, ' bathing the baby in a basin or plastic bown on the floor. }}
citation, isbn=1405111836 , page=91 , passage=For grooming at home, obviously the choice is yours whether you wish to bath the dog in your own bath or sink, or if you want to buy one specifically for the purpose. }}
citation, isbn=17770075445 , page=179 , passage=If you find bathing stressfull during the first six weeks, only bath your baby once or twice a week. }}
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath'. The ephah and the '''bath''' shall be of one measure, that the ' bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.
Anagrams
* * 1000 English basic words ----pub
English
Etymology 1
Short form of public, from public houseNoun
(wikipedia pub) (en noun)citation, passage=Reg liked a chat about old times and we used to go and have a chinwag in the pub .}}
The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}