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Bobber vs Sobber - What's the difference?

bobber | sobber |

As nouns the difference between bobber and sobber

is that bobber is a buoyant device (frequently made of cork) attached to a line so as to suspend the end of the line with the hook (and bait or lure) above the bottom while sobber is a weeper, someone who sobs.

bobber

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (fishing) A buoyant device (frequently made of cork) attached to a line so as to suspend the end of the line with the hook (and bait or lure) above the bottom.

    • Synonyms

    * cork * float

    sobber

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A weeper, someone who sobs.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 3, author=Terry Brown, title=Roger Federer not the only big man to cry, work=Herald Sun citation
    • , passage=Federer, while not quite a serial sobber , also cried as a 21-year-old after beating Mark Philippoussis at Wimbledon in 2003. }}