Bubbles vs Marbles - What's the difference?
bubbles | marbles |
(slang) Sparkling wine; champagne.
*2011 Grace Dent "
*:my grandest ambition is "pamper time" with "a glass of bubbles " and "some nibbles".
(bubble)
(plural only) Any of several children's games played with small glass balls.
(plural only, usually, in a limited number of expressions) Sanity.
* 2012 , , Bloody Chester , First Second, ISBN 978-1-59643-100-3, p. 63:
(marble)
As nouns the difference between bubbles and marbles
is that bubbles is while marbles is .As verbs the difference between bubbles and marbles
is that bubbles is (bubble) while marbles is (marble).bubbles
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(head)TV OD: Candy Cabs" The Guardian , 9 April 2011:
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(wikipedia marbles)Noun
(head)- Egyptian boys played marbles before the days of Moses, and marbles are among the treasures found buried in the ruins of Pompeii.
- Egyptian boys played marbles before the days of Moses, and marbles are among the treasures found buried in the ruins of Pompeii.
- Grandpa's lost his marbles , but at least he still recognizes us.
- Granny's still got all her marbles .
- —Her daddy's crazy. [...] Think she's looking for something?
—Treasure, I expect. That or maybe her daddy's marbles .
