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Fib vs Fub - What's the difference?

fib | fub |

As nouns the difference between fib and fub

is that fib is a lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential while fub is a plump young person or child.

As verbs the difference between fib and fub

is that fib is to lie, especially more or less inconsequentially while fub is to put off by trickery; to cheat.

fib

English

Etymology 1

Probably from fable''; compare ''fibble-fabble (nonsense).

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal) A , especially one that is more or less inconsequential.
  • * Henry James
    • They are very serious; they don't tell fibs .

    Verb

    (fibb)
  • To lie, especially more or less inconsequentially.
    • Synonyms
    * tell a fib * tell fibs

    References

    * (etymology)

    Etymology 2

    Shortened from fibula

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine, informal) Short form of fibula.
    • See also
    * tib

    Anagrams

    * * * ---- ==Volapük==

    Noun

    (vo-noun)
  • weakness

    • Declension

    (vo-decl-noun)

    Derived terms

    * fibot

    fub

    English

    Etymology 1

    (en)

    Alternative forms

    * fob

    Verb

    (fubb)
  • (obsolete) To put off by trickery; to cheat.
  • * a.'' 1599 , ,
    • A hundred mark is a long score for a poor lone woman to bear : and I have borne, and borne, and borne ; and have been fubbed' off, and '''fubbed''' off, and ' fubbed off, from this day to that day, that it is a shame to be thought on.

    Etymology 2

    Compare (fob) a pocket.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A plump young person or child.
    • (Smart)
    (Webster 1913)