Numbed vs Nubbed - What's the difference?
numbed | nubbed |
(numb)
Without the power of sensation and motion or feeling; insensible.
Not able to react, surprised, shocked.
Causing numbness.
* Shakespeare
To cause to become numb.
(nub)
* {{quote-news, year=1991, date=August 16, author=Alan Boomer, title=The Sports Section, work=Chicago Reader
, passage=He nubbed one about halfway between the plate and the pitcher's mound. }}
As verbs the difference between numbed and nubbed
is that numbed is past tense of numb while nubbed is past tense of nub.As an adjective nubbed is
nubby; containing nubs.numbed
English
Verb
(head)numb
English
Adjective
(er)- All thin and naked to the numb cold night.
Antonyms
* sensible, sensitiveDerived terms
* benumb * numbly * numbness * numbnutsVerb
(en verb)- The dentist gave me novocaine to numb my tooth before drilling, thank goodness.
Synonyms
* benumbnubbed
English
Verb
(head)citation