Day vs Dab - What's the difference?
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Any period of 24 hours.
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A period from midnight to the following midnight.
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(lb) Rotational period of a planet (especially Earth).
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The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.
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Part of a day period between sunrise and sunset where one enjoys daylight; daytime.
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A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time.
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*:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.
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*:If they had no more food than they had had in Jones's day , at least they did not have less.
A period of contention of a day or less.
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(rare) To spend a day (in a place).
* 2008 , Richard F. Burton, Arabian Nights, in 16 volumes , page 233:
To press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing.
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To apply a substance in this way.
To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.
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To apply
A soft tap or blow; a blow or peck from a bird's beak; an aimed blow.
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(AAVE) A soft, playful given in greeting or approval.
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A small amount, a blob of some soft or wet substance.
(chiefly, in the plural, dated, British) Fingerprint.
A small amount of .
With a dab, or sudden contact.
One skilful or proficient; an expert; an adept.
* Goldsmith
A small flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, especially ? a flounder.
(US) A sand dab, a small flatfish of genus .
As an adjective day
is thick, deep, dense.As a noun dab is
baptism (christian sacrament with water).day
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Alternative forms
* daie (archaic)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* a broken clock is right twice a day * all-day * as the day is long * calendar day * Canada Day * daily * day after day * day-after-day * daybreak * daydream * daycare, day care * * day job * day laborer * day letter * daylight * daylily * day-neutral * day nursery * day off * day of reckoning * day one * day return * day school * daystar * daytime * day to day * day-to-day * day trader * day trip * day boarder * day bed * degree-day * dollar day * every dog has its day * field day * flag day, Flag Day * Friday * have its day * have seen one's day * holiday * holy day * judgment day * latter-day * Monday * payday * present-day * rainy day * Saturday * save the day * sick day * Sunday * Thursday * tomorrow is another day * Tuesday * Victoria day * WednesdayVerb
(en verb)- When I nighted and dayed in Damascus town,
See also
*Statistics
*dab
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(wikipedia dab)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
(dabb)- I dabbed my face with a towel.
- A sore should only by dabbing it over with fine lint.
- He dabbed moisturizing liquid on his face.
- to dab him in the neck
Noun
(en noun)- page 197: I step closer to Profit and draw in a deep, steadying breath while the brothers exchange dabs . “What's up, fam? I see you finally made it.”
Coordinate terms
* fistbump, high fiveAdverb
(-)Etymology 2
Perhaps corrupted from adept.Noun
(en noun)- One excels at a plan or the title page, another works away at the body of the book, and the third is a dab at an index.