Mob vs Mop - What's the difference?
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An unruly group of people.
*(James Madison), Jr. (1751-1836)
*:Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob .
A commonly used collective noun for animals such as horses or cattle.
The Mafia, or a similar group that engages in organized crime (preceded by the ).
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*:The Bat—they called him the Bat.. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob , he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
*1986 , (Paul Chadwick), Concrete: Under the Desert Stars , Dark Horse Books
*:What if it is a mob killing? They can’t hurt me, but …
(lb) A non-player character that exists to be fought or killed to further the progression of the story or game.
*2002 , "Wolfie", Re: Whoa - massive changes due in next patch'' (on newsgroup ''alt.games.everquest )
*:You can't win with small, balanced groups. You have to zerg the mob with a high number of players.
(lb) The lower classes of a community; the rabble.
*(Joseph Addison) (1672–1719)
*:A cluster of mob were making themselves merry with their betters.
(lb) A cohesive group of people.
*2011 March 10, Allan Clarke,
*:There’s nothing like local knowledge and after thousands of years living here the Noongar mob understand this land better than anyone, so it makes sense for them to tap into the lucrative tourism industry.
To crowd around (someone), often with hostility.
To crowd into or around a place.
(video games) The act of a player aggroing enemies so they follow them and gather, forming a mob of foes. (rfex)
(obsolete) A promiscuous woman; a harlot or wench; a prostitute.
A mob cap.
To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl.
An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.
(humorous) A dense head of hair.
(British, dialect) A fair where servants are hired.
(British, dialect) The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.
A made-up face; a grimace.
* (rfdate) (Francis Beaumont) and
* 1610 , , act 4 scene 1
To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.
To make a wry expression with the mouth.
In transitive terms the difference between mob and mop
is that mob is to wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl while mop is to rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.As an abbreviation mob
is mobile phone.As an initialism MOB
is Man Over Board, used e.g. on the emergency button of a satellite navigator. By pushing the button the operator stores the coordinates of a man overboard incident for easy access.mob
English
Etymology 1
(etyl), short for mobile, from (etyl) . The video-gaming sense originates from English mobile, used by (Richard Bartle) for objects capable of movement in an early MUD.Noun
(en noun)W.A. through Noongar eyes
Derived terms
* flash mob * lynch mob * meal mob * mob rule * mob-handed * mobber * mobbish * mobbist * mobbism * moblike * mobmobile * mobocracy * mobster * vote mobSynonyms
* (mafia) mafia, MafiaVerb
(mobb)- The fans mobbed a well-dressed couple who resembled their idols.
- The shoppers mobbed the store on the first day of the sale.
Etymology 2
Alteration of (mab).Noun
(en noun)- (Goldsmith)
Derived terms
* mob capVerb
(mobb)Etymology 3
Abbreviation of mobile phone.Usage notes
* This is most often used in signwriting to match with with the other three-letter abbreviations and (fax).Anagrams
* *External links
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English
Noun
(en noun) (wikipedia mop)- He ran a comb through his mop and hurried out the door.
- (Halliwell)
- What mops and mowes it makes! --
- Before you can say 'Come' and 'Go,'
- And breathe twice; and cry 'so, so,'
- Each one, tripping on his toe,
- Will be here with mop and mow.
Derived terms
* mophead * mop squeezer * mop waterDescendants
* German: (l)Verb
(mopp)- to mop (or scrub) a floor
- to mop one's face with a handkerchief
- (Shakespeare)