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Nub vs Fub - What's the difference?

nub | fub |

As nouns the difference between nub and fub

is that nub is newbie, amateur while fub is (obsolete) a plump young person or child.

As a verb fub is

(obsolete) to put off by trickery; to cheat.

nub

Albanian

Noun

  • newbie, amateur

    • Synonyms

    *

    fub

    English

    Etymology 1

    (en)

    Alternative forms

    * fob

    Verb

    (fubb)
  • (obsolete) To put off by trickery; to cheat.
  • * a.'' 1599 , ,
    • A hundred mark is a long score for a poor lone woman to bear : and I have borne, and borne, and borne ; and have been fubbed' off, and '''fubbed''' off, and ' fubbed off, from this day to that day, that it is a shame to be thought on.

    Etymology 2

    Compare (fob) a pocket.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A plump young person or child.
    • (Smart)
    (Webster 1913)