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Fub vs Cub - What's the difference?

fub | cub |

As verbs the difference between fub and cub

is that fub is (obsolete) to put off by trickery; to cheat while cub is coop.

As nouns the difference between fub and cub

is that fub is (obsolete) a plump young person or child while cub is coop (pen or enclosure for birds).

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)

    cub

    English

    Proper noun

    (Cubs)
  • A member of the Cub Scouts.
  • (baseball) A player on the team the "Chicago Cubs".
    • Jones became a Cub as the result of a pre-season trade.

    Anagrams

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