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Herby vs Kerby - What's the difference?

herby | kerby |

As an adjective herby

is of or pertaining to herbs.

As a noun kerby is

a children's ball game played in the street, the aim being to throw the ball against the opposite kerb and catch it on the rebound.

herby

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to herbs
    • ----

    kerby

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A children's ball game played in the street, the aim being to throw the ball against the opposite kerb and catch it on the rebound.
  • * 2011 , Adrian McKinty, Dead I Well May Be (page 133)
    • It's dusk and there are a lot of kids out playing kerby and tag and football. For a December night, the weather isn't bad.
  • * 2014 , Simon Danczuk, ?Matt Baker, Smile for the Camera: The Double Life of Cyril Smith
    • I'd play kerby in the street for hours looking up at contrails stretching across grey slate skies, wishing I was on a plane too, jetting away to somewhere else.
  • * 2014 , Samantha Nash, All Muck and Mullets (page 43)
    • The heat from the tarmac refracted the light and disturbed the vision of the children as they persisted in their game of kerby .