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Cribble vs Tribble - What's the difference?

cribble | tribble |

As nouns the difference between cribble and tribble

is that cribble is a coarse sieve or screen while tribble is a horizontal frame with wires stretched across it for drying paper or tribble can be a fictional alien creature in , a cooing ball of fur.

As a verb cribble

is to pass something through a sieve.

As an adjective cribble

is (obsolete) coarse.

cribble

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A coarse sieve or screen.
  • Coarse flour or meal.
    • (Johnson)

    Verb

    (cribbl)
  • To pass something through a sieve.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) coarse
  • * Richard Huloet
    • The gardens, with digging for novelties, are turned over and over, because we will not eat common cribble bread.

    tribble

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A horizontal frame with wires stretched across it for drying paper.

    • Etymology 2

    Probably invented for alliteration with (trouble); the creatures first appeared in an episode called The Trouble with Tribbles .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fictional alien creature in , a cooing ball of fur.
    • English terms derived from Star Trek