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Mobbing vs Cobbing - What's the difference?

mobbing | cobbing |

As nouns the difference between mobbing and cobbing

is that mobbing is bullying while cobbing is (nautical) an unofficial form of punishment among the crew involving blows to the buttocks from a piece of wood.

As an adjective cobbing is

(obsolete) haughty; purse-proud.

mobbing

English

Noun

(wikipedia mobbing) (en noun)
  • group bullying
  • * 2012 , Maureen P. Duffy, Len Sperry, Mobbing: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions
    • As in the Salem Witch Hunt mobbings , the McMartin Preschool Sexual Abuse Case mobbings also provides(SIC) an opportunity for analyzing what could have been done, but wasn't, to stop a relentless social process that hurt everyone in its wake

    Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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    cobbing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) an unofficial form of punishment among the crew involving blows to the buttocks from a piece of wood

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) haughty; purse-proud
    • (Webster 1913)