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Nubble vs Nubbly - What's the difference?

nubble | nubbly |

As a noun nubble

is a small knob or lump.

As a verb nubble

is (obsolete) to beat or bruise with the fist.

As an adjective nubbly is

rough or lumpy.

nubble

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small knob or lump.
  • *1897 , Kipling, Captains Courageous ,
    • Harvey saw with disgust that there were no sheets on his bed-place. He was lying on a piece of dingy ticking full of lumps and nubbles .

    Verb

    (nubbl)
  • (obsolete) To beat or bruise with the fist.
    • (Ainsworth)
    (Webster 1913)

    nubbly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Rough or lumpy
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 7, author=Julia Moskin, title=Koreans Share Their Secret for Chicken With a Crunch, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=When that crust is nubbly and evenly browned, and the chicken meat is cooked through, the chicken is sublime.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1978, author=Alice Munro, chapter=Mischief, title=The Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose
    • , passage=Though Clifford paid preliminary homage to them both, she was the one he finally made love to, rather quickly on the nubbly hooked rug.}}