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Dabs vs Nabs - What's the difference?

dabs | nabs |

As verbs the difference between dabs and nabs

is that dabs is third-person singular of dab while nabs is past tense of nab.

As a noun dabs

is plural of lang=en.

dabs

English

Noun

(head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (dab)

    • Anagrams

    * * * * * *

    nabs

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (nab)

    • Anagrams

    *

    nab

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (nabb)
  • To seize, arrest or take into custody a criminal or fugitive
  • To grab or snatch something
    • Synonyms
    * (To arrest a criminal or fugitive) nick, bust
    Derived terms
    * nabber * kidnap

    Etymology 2

    Compare knap, knop, knob.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The summit of an eminence.
    • (Halliwell)
  • The cock of a gunlock.
    • (Knight)
  • (locksmithing) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.
    • (Knight)

    Anagrams

    * * Appalachian English English transitive verbs ----