Kibe vs Gibe - What's the difference?
kibe | gibe |
a chilblain or ulcer, especially on the heel of the foot
* 1602 : , act V scene 1
A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer or taunt.
* 1603 , , Hamlet , act 5, scene 1:
To perform a jibe (2, 3).
To agree.
To cause to execute a gibe (2, 3).
(ambitransitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to mock.
* Jonathan Swift
* Jonathan Swift
As nouns the difference between kibe and gibe
is that kibe is a chilblain or ulcer, especially on the heel of the foot while gibe is a facetious or insulting remark; a jeer or taunt.As a verb gibe is
to perform a jibe (2, 3).As a proper noun GibE is
abbreviation of Gibraltarian English|lang=en.kibe
English
Noun
(kibes)- By the Lord, Horatio, this three years I have took note of it, the age is grown so picked that the toe of the peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier he galls his kibe .
Anagrams
* * ----gibe
English
Alternative forms
* gybe * jibeNoun
(en noun)- Hamlet : Alas, poor Yorick! . . . Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar?
Verb
(en-verb)- That explanation doesn't gibe with the facts.
- Draw the beasts as I describe them, / From their features, while I gibe them.
- Fleer and gibe , and laugh and flout.
