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Cub vs Joey - What's the difference?

cub | joey |

As proper nouns the difference between cub and joey

is that cub is a member of the Cub Scouts while Joey is a diminutive of the male given name Joe or Joseph.

As nouns the difference between cub and joey

is that cub is a young fox while joey is the immature young of a marsupial, notably a junior kangaroo, but also a young wallaby, koala, etc.

As a verb cub

is to give birth to cubs.

As an acronym cub

is cashed up bogan.

cub

English

Proper noun

(Cubs)
  • A member of the Cub Scouts.
  • (baseball) A player on the team the "Chicago Cubs".
    • Jones became a Cub as the result of a pre-season trade.

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    joey

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The immature young of a marsupial, notably a junior kangaroo, but also a young wallaby, koala, etc.
  • The shorter word whose letters can be found within a kangaroo word.
  • * 1998 , Richard Lederer, Dave Morice, The Word Circus (page 129)
    • Among the kangaroo words that yield the most joviality and joy are those that conceal multiple joeys .
  • * 2005 , Anu Garg, Another Word a Day (page 132)
    • Sometimes a kangaroo word has more than one joey .

    References

    * (EtymOnLine) English terms with unknown etymologies