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Neb vs Nab - What's the difference?

neb | nab |

As nouns the difference between neb and nab

is that neb is a bird's beak or bill while nab is the summit of an eminence.

As a verb nab is

to seize, arrest or take into custody a criminal or fugitive.

As an initialism NAB is

National Australia Bank.

neb

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (now dialectal) A bird's beak or bill.
  • (obsolete) A person's mouth.
  • (now dialectal) A person's nose.
  • (now dialectal) The nose or snout of an animal, now especially of a fish.
  • (now dialectal) A projecting extremity; a point or sharp projection.
  • * 1658', In Acorns the '''nebb dilating splitteth the two sides, which sometimes lye whole, when the Oak is sproated two handfuls. — Sir Thomas Browne, ''The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 183)
  • (now dialectal) A nib, as of a pen.

    • Derived terms

    * nebby (Geordie)

    References

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    Anagrams

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    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

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