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Gut vs Gub - What's the difference?

gut | gub |

As nouns the difference between gut and gub

is that gut is the alimentary canal, especially the intestine while gub is mouth.

As verbs the difference between gut and gub

is that gut is to eviscerate while gub is to defeat.

As an adjective gut

is made of gut, e.g., a violin with gut strings

As an initialism GUT

is grand unification theory.

gut

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The alimentary canal, especially the intestine.
  • (informal) The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged
    • beer gut
  • (uncountable) The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc.
  • A person's emotional, visceral self.
    • I have a funny feeling in my gut .
  • (in the plural) The essential, core parts.
    • He knew all about the guts of the business, how things actually get done.
  • (in the plural) Ability and will to face up to adversity or unpleasantness.
    • It took a lot of guts to admit to using banned substances on television.
  • (informal) A gut course
    • You should take Intro Astronomy: it's a gut .
  • A narrow passage of water.
    • the Gut of Canso
  • The sac of silk taken from a silkworm when ready to spin its cocoon, for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. When dry, it is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fishing line.

    • Synonyms

    * alimentary canal, digestive system, guts, intestine, tharm, innards * , belly, paunch (enlarged), potbelly (enlarged), stomach, tum, tummy * (intestines of an animal used to make strings) catgut

    Derived terms

    * catgut * gut barging * gut feeling * hate someone's guts * gutless * gutsy * tailgut

    Verb

    (gutt)
  • To eviscerate.
  • To remove or destroy the most important parts of.
  • :* fire gutted the building
  • :* Congress gutted the welfare bill.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Made of gut, e.g., a violin with gut strings
  • Instinctive, e.g., a gut reaction

    • Related terms

    * blood-and-guts

    Anagrams

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    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 ?"
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    • Synonyms

    * (mouth) gob

    Verb

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

    Anagrams

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