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Gibbet vs Giblet - What's the difference?

gibbet | giblet |

As nouns the difference between gibbet and giblet

is that gibbet is an upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows while giblet is the edible viscera of a bird.

As a verb gibbet

is to execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet.

gibbet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1728 , chapter = The Atheist, or, the Second Part of the Solider's Fortune , title = The Works of Mr. Thomas Otway , volume = 2 , first = Thomas , last = Otway , authorlink = Thomas Otway , location = London , page = 37 , url = http://books.google.com/books?id=yF1AAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA37 , passage = No, had every Commandment but a Gibbet belonging to it, I ?hould not have had four King's Evidences to-day ?wear impudently I was a Papi?t, when I was never at Ma?s yet ?ince I was born, nor indeed at any other Wor?hip the?e twenty Years. }}
  • The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.

    • Synonyms

    * gallows

    Verb

  • To execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet.
  • To expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn.

    • References

    giblet

    English

    (wikipedia giblet)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (usually plural) the edible viscera of a bird

    • Related terms

    * gibs