Fib vs Fub - What's the difference?
fib | fub |
(informal) A , especially one that is more or less inconsequential.
* Henry James
To lie, especially more or less inconsequentially.
(obsolete) To put off by trickery; to cheat.
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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)- They are very serious; they don't tell fibs .
Verb
(fibb)Synonyms
* tell a fib * tell fibsReferences
* (etymology)Etymology 2
Shortened from fibulaSee also
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* * * ---- ==Volapük==Declension
(vo-decl-noun)Derived terms
* fibotfub
English
Etymology 1
(en)Alternative forms
* fobVerb
(fubb)- 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.