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Bulb vs Dibber - What's the difference?

bulb | dibber |

As nouns the difference between bulb and dibber

is that bulb is any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end while dibber is a tool with a handle on one end and a point on the other, used in the garden to poke holes in preparation for planting seeds, bulbs, etc also known as a dibble or dib.

As a verb bulb

is to take the shape of a bulb; to swell.

bulb

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.
    • the bulb of the aorta
  • A light bulb.
  • The bulb-shaped root portion of a plant such as a tulip, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown.
  • * 2005 , (Plato), Sophist . Translation by Lesley Brown. .
    • the plants which grow in the earth from seed or bulbs .
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  • (nautical) a bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of certain vessels to reduce turbulence.

    • Related terms

    * bulbiferous * bulbil * bulbous

    Derived terms

    * lampbulb * light bulb * flash bulb * tulip bulb

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.

    • Anagrams

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    dibber

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a tool with a handle on one end and a point on the other, used in the garden to poke holes in preparation for planting seeds, bulbs, etc. Also known as a dibble or dib.
  • * 1850 , The Journal of the Horticultural Society of London
    • In dry weather, when plants are drawn out of the seed bed, and planted with a common dibber , receiving daily dribblings of water, many will perish, and all are materially injured.
  • one who dibs.

    • See also

    * widger

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