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Gub vs Gib - What's the difference?

gub | gib |

As nouns the difference between gub and gib

is that gub is mouth while gib is si abbreviation for gibibyte or gibibytes.

As a verb gub

is (slang) to defeat.

gub

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Mouth.
  • * 1994 , "The acid House", Irvine Welsh, in Eurotrash :
    • "...fucked-up Yank who's too screwed up to lift a forkful of scran into her gub ?"
  • *
  • *

    • Synonyms

    * (mouth) gob

    Verb

  • (slang) To defeat.
    • ''We just got gubbed 5-1.

    Anagrams

    * (l), (l) ----

    gib

    English

    Etymology 1

    (18th century). Perhaps abbreviated from (m), the name of the cat in the old story of Reynard the Fox'', in the ''Romaunt of the Rose , etc.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bolt or wedge made from wood or metal used for holding a machine part in place.
  • A castrated male cat or ferret.
  • A male cat; a tomcat.

    • Verb

  • To fasten in place with a gib.

    • Etymology 2

    Shortened from giblet.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (lb) Miscellaneous pieces of a fragged character, most often in first-person shooters.

    • Verb

  • (lb) To blast an enemy or opponent into gibs.

    • Anagrams

    * (l), (l) * (l) ----