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Nab vs Lab - What's the difference?

nab | lab |

As an initialism nab

is (banking).

As a noun lab is

(astronomy|galaxy) lyman-alpha blob.

nab

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(nabb)
  • To seize, arrest or take into custody a criminal or fugitive
  • To grab or snatch something
    • Synonyms
    * (To arrest a criminal or fugitive) nick, bust
    Derived terms
    * nabber * kidnap

    Etymology 2

    Compare knap, knop, knob.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The summit of an eminence.
    • (Halliwell)
  • The cock of a gunlock.
    • (Knight)
  • (locksmithing) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.
    • (Knight)

    Anagrams

    * * Appalachian English English transitive verbs ----

    lab

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (colloquial) A laboratory
  • (colloquial) A Labrador retriever
    • Derived terms
    * lab rat

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A telltale; a blabber.
    • (Chaucer)

    Anagrams

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