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Fub vs Fum - What's the difference?

fub | fum |

As nouns the difference between fub and fum

is that fub is (obsolete) a plump young person or child while fum is smoke.

As a verb fub

is (obsolete) to put off by trickery; to cheat.

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)

    fum

    English

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To play upon a fiddle.
  • * Ben Jonson
    • Follow me, and fum as you go.
    (Webster 1913) ----