Bubber vs Blubber - What's the difference?
bubber | blubber |
(archaic) A person who steals plate from public houses.
(archaic) A drinking bowl.
(archaic) a very good drinker.
A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis.
Fatty tissue.
The thick coat of fat worn by many arctic animals, such as sea lions, and antarctic animals, such as penguins; used to insulate warmth in the animal's body.
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, title= (obsolete) A bubble.
* Henryson
To make noises or broken words while crying.
* Jonathan Swift
(archaic) To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears.
* Prior
In archaic|lang=en terms the difference between bubber and blubber
is that bubber is (archaic) a very good drinker while blubber is (archaic) to swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears.As nouns the difference between bubber and blubber
is that bubber is (archaic) a person who steals plate from public houses while blubber is a fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis.As a verb blubber is
to make noises or broken words while crying.bubber
English
Noun
(en noun)References
*BUBBER'', ''Dictionary of Thieving Slang , 1737.
blubber
English
Noun
(en noun)Yesterday’s fuel, passage=The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.
- At his mouth a blubber stood of foam.
Synonyms
* (fatty tissue) adipose tissueVerb
(en verb)- She wept, she blubbered , and she tore her hair.
- Dear Cloe, how blubbered is that pretty face!
