Pub vs Pue - What's the difference?
pub | pue |
A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed and also provides food and sometimes entertainment, normally television viewing.
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, title= To go to one or more public houses.
(informal) to publish
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To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds.
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As a noun pub
is a public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed and also provides food and sometimes entertainment, normally television viewing or pub can be a publication.As a verb pub
is to go to one or more public houses or pub can be (informal|transitive) to publish.As an abbreviation pue is
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English
Etymology 1
Short form of public, from public houseNoun
(wikipedia pub) (en noun)citation, passage=Reg liked a chat about old times and we used to go and have a chinwag in the pub .}}
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Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* gastropub * pub crawl * pub quiz * superpubVerb
(pubb)See also
* inn * off-license * tavernEtymology 2
(en) of (publication)Etymology 3
(en) of (publish)Verb
(pubb)pue
English
Alternative forms
* (l)Verb
- (Halliwell)
- The birds likewise with chirps and puing could / Cackling and chattering that of Jove beseech.