Fub vs Fun - What's the difference?
fub | fun |
(obsolete) To put off by trickery; to cheat.
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(informal) enjoyable, amusing
(informal) whimsical, flamboyant
amusement, enjoyment or pleasure
* 2000 , Robert Stanley, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adobe Photoshop 6 , Alpha Books, page 377
playful, often noisy, activity.
(colloquial) To tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of.
As verbs the difference between fub and fun
is that fub is to put off by trickery; to cheat while fun is to tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of.As nouns the difference between fub and fun
is that fub is a plump young person or child while fun is amusement, enjoyment or pleasure.As an adjective fun is
enjoyable, amusing.fub
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.
Etymology 2
Compare (fob) a pocket.fun
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- We had a fun time at the party.
- He is such a fun person to be with.
- This year's fashion style is much more fun than recent seasons.
Usage notes
* Note that the use of fun as an adjective is often considered unacceptable in formal contexts. For more on the slang comparative and superlative, the use of which is disputed, seethis discussion
Derived terms
* funnyNoun
(-)- Grafting your boss's face onto the hind end of a donkey is fun, but serious fun is when you create the impossible and it looks real.
Synonyms
* amusement, diversion, enjoyment, a laugh, pleasure * boisterousness, horseplay, rough and tumbleDerived terms
* for the fun of it * fun and games * fun bags * funfair * funfest * fun-loving * fun-maker * funny * fun run, fun runner, fun running * funster * good fun * great fun * have fun * have fun with * in fun * like fun * make fun of * poke fun atVerb
- Hey, don't get bent out of shape over it; I was just funning you.