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Blub vs Slub - What's the difference?

blub | slub |

As verbs the difference between blub and slub

is that blub is to cry, whine or blubber while slub is to draw and twist fibers in order to prepare them for spinning.

As a noun slub is

a small thickened portion or knot found on linen yarn, caused by defects.

blub

English

Verb

  • To cry, whine or blubber
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  • (obsolete) To swell; to puff out, as with weeping.

    • Anagrams

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    slub

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small thickened portion or knot found on linen yarn, caused by defects.
  • Sludge.
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  • Fabric fiber produced by slubbing.

    • Verb

  • To draw and twist fibers in order to prepare them for spinning.

    • Related terms

    * slubber * slubbing billy

    References

    *Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989. *Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996.