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Glom vs Glob - What's the difference?

glom | glob |

As verbs the difference between glom and glob

is that glom is to steal, to grab while glob is to stick in globs or lumps.

As a noun glob is

a round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance.

glom

English

Verb

(glomm)
  • (informal) to steal, to grab
  • to stare
  • (informal) to attach
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    Derived terms

    * glom on * glom onto * glommer

    References

    * Glom , Free Dictionary.com ----

    glob

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance.
    • He put a glob of paint into the cup and went on painting.
  • (programming) A limited pattern matching technique using wildcards, less powerful than a regular expression.
  • (biology) A millimeter-sized colour module found beyond the visual area V2 in the brain's parvocellular pathway.

    • See also

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    Verb

  • To stick in globs or lumps.
  • (programming) To carry out pattern matching using a .

    • Anagrams

    * blog, Blog ----