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Fab vs Mab - What's the difference?

fab | mab |

As nouns the difference between fab and mab

is that fab is a manufacturing plant which fabricates items, particularly silicon chips while mab is a slattern.

As an adjective fab

is fabulous (great or spectacular).

As a verb fab

is fabricate, especially in the context of fabbers.

As a proper noun Mab is

a moon of Uranus.

fab

English

Etymology 1

From , by shortening

Adjective

(fabber)
  • fabulous (great or spectacular). The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, third edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, p. 652 (ISBN 0-395-44895-6)
    • Derived terms
    * fabby

    Etymology 2

    From and its derived terms, by shortening

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A manufacturing plant which fabricates items, particularly silicon chips.
    • Hundreds were put out of work when the chip fab shut down.
    Synonyms
    * fabber

    Verb

    (fabb)
  • fabricate, especially in the context of fabbers
    • It uses digital data from a computer to “fab ” products and models of new products. [http://www.ennex.com/~fabbers/publish/FAB-ulous.asp]
    Related terms
    * fabber * fabless * pre-fab

    References

    Anagrams

    * English clippings ---- ==Volapük==

    Noun

    (vo-noun)
  • fable

    • Declension

    (vo-decl-noun) ----

    mab

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a slattern

    • References

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