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Foy vs Fob - What's the difference?

foy | fob |

As nouns the difference between foy and fob

is that foy is faith, allegiance while fob is a little pocket near the waistline of a pair of trousers or in a waistcoat or vest to hold a pocketwatch; a watch pocket.

As a verb fob is

to cheat, to trick, to take in, to impose upon someone.

As an initialism FOB is

forward operating base.

As an acronym FOB is

free On Board.

foy

English

Noun

(-)
  • (obsolete, rare) Faith, allegiance.
  • * , II.x:
    • He Easterland subdewd, and Danmarke wonne, / And of them both did foy and tribute raise, / The which was dew in his dead fathers dayes.
  • (obsolete) A feast given by one about to leave a place.
  • * 1661 November 25, Samuel Pepys, The Diary of Samuel Pepys: 1661 , 2006, Echo Library, page 124,
    • To Westminster Hall in the morning with Captain Lambert, and there he did at the Dog give me and some other friends of his, his foy , he being to set sail to-day towards the Streights.
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    fob

    English

    Etymology 1

    * High German

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A little pocket near the waistline of a pair of trousers or in a waistcoat or vest to hold a pocketwatch; a watch pocket.
    • 1711 Jonathan Swift , Windsor Prophecy :
  • :* With a saint at his chin and a seal at his fob .
  • A short chain or ribbon to connect such a pocket to the watch.
  • A small ornament attached to such a chain. (See Usage Notes below)
  • A hand-held remote control device used to lock/unlock motor cars etc.
    • Usage notes
    * The Jonathan Swift quote indicates that the word "fob" at that time period did not specifically apply to an object attached to the chain or watch. * A "fob" attached directly to the watch serves as an ornament and or as a grip for more easily pulling the watch from the watch pocket. * A fob attached to a drooping chain would be mainly an ornament.

    Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Alternative forms

    * fub

    Verb

    (fobb)
  • (archaic) To cheat, to trick, to take in, to impose upon someone.
    • 1604 William Shakespeare , Othello, iv, 2:
  • :* I think it is scurvy, and begin to find myself fobbed in it.
  • (archaic) To beat; to maul.
    • Derived terms
    * to fob off

    References

    * 1897 Universal Dictionary of the English Language , Robert Hunter and Charles Morris, eds., v 2 p 2146.

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