Fibbed vs Fabbed - What's the difference?
fibbed | fabbed |
(fib)
(informal) A , especially one that is more or less inconsequential.
* Henry James
To lie, especially more or less inconsequentially.
(fab)
fabulous (great or spectacular). The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, third edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, p. 652 (ISBN 0-395-44895-6)
A manufacturing plant which fabricates items, particularly silicon chips.
fabricate, especially in the context of fabbers
As verbs the difference between fibbed and fabbed
is that fibbed is (fib) while fabbed is (fab).fibbed
English
Verb
(head)fib
English
Etymology 1
Probably from fable''; compare ''fibble-fabble (nonsense).Noun
(en noun)- They are very serious; they don't tell fibs .
Verb
(fibb)Synonyms
* tell a fib * tell fibsReferences
* (etymology)Etymology 2
Shortened from fibulaSee also
* tibAnagrams
* * * ---- ==Volapük==Declension
(vo-decl-noun)Derived terms
* fibotfabbed
English
Verb
(head)fab
English
Etymology 1
From , by shorteningAdjective
(fabber)Derived terms
* fabbyEtymology 2
From and its derived terms, by shorteningNoun
(en noun)- Hundreds were put out of work when the chip fab shut down.
Synonyms
* fabberVerb
(fabb)- It uses digital data from a computer to “fab ” products and models of new products. [http://www.ennex.com/~fabbers/publish/FAB-ulous.asp]