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Glub vs Slub - What's the difference?

glub | slub |

As nouns the difference between glub and slub

is that glub is the sound of underwater bubbles, or of water bubbling (often used repetitively) while slub is a small thickened portion or knot found on linen yarn, caused by defects.

As a verb slub is

to draw and twist fibers in order to prepare them for spinning.

glub

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The sound of underwater bubbles, or of water bubbling (often used repetitively).
  • * 2004 David L Roper - Son Of A Sharecropper: Growing Up in Oklahoma
    • The boat, which was filled with water, instantly—glub, glub —sank.
    English onomatopoeias

    slub

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small thickened portion or knot found on linen yarn, caused by defects.
  • Sludge.
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  • Fabric fiber produced by slubbing.

    • Verb

  • To draw and twist fibers in order to prepare them for spinning.

    • Related terms

    * slubber * slubbing billy

    References

    *Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989. *Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996.