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Bib vs Rib - What's the difference?

bib | rib |

As nouns the difference between bib and rib

is that bib is an item of clothing for babies tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating while rib is (acronym) rigid inflatable boat — a lightweight inflatable boat with a rigid hull.

As a verb bib

is (archaic) to drink heartily; to tipple.

bib

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An item of clothing for babies tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating.
  • A rectangular piece of material, carrying a bib number, worn as identification by entrants in a race
  • The upper part of an apron or overalls.
  • A patch of colour around an animal's upper breast and throat.
  • * 1950 , Arthur Cleveland Bent, Life Histories of North American Wagtails, Shrikes, Vireos, and their Allies
    • In summer the whole throat and breast are black, but in winter plumage the throat is white bounded by a horseshoe-shaped black bib .
  • * 2011 , Arthur Peacock, Gettysburg the Cat (page 22)
    • He don't look anything like the captain. This here cat has got a nice thick black coat of fur with a nice white bib and white feet.
  • An arctic fish (Gadus luscus ), allied to the cod; the pout.
  • A bibcock.

    • Derived terms

    * best bib and tucker

    Verb

    (bibb)
  • (archaic) To drink heartily; to tipple.
    • He was constantly bibbing . — Locke.

    Related terms

    * bibber * bibble

    References

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    rib

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum
  • A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something
  • A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones
  • (label) Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull
  • Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength
  • (label) A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
  • (label) A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth
  • (label) The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf
  • A teasing joke
  • A single strand of hair.
  • A stalk of celery.

    • Verb

  • To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs
  • To tease or make fun of someone
  • To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
  • * Shakespeare
  • (label) To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).

    • Derived terms

    {{der3, chuck rib , middle rib , ribcage , rib eye , ribgrass , rib-tickler , ribwort , spare rib , ribbed vault , grey rib}}

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