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Quib vs Quab - What's the difference?

quib | quab |

As nouns the difference between quib and quab

is that quib is a quip or gibe while quab is an unfledged bird.

quib

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic) A quip or gibe.
    • He was full of joke and jest / But all his merry quibs are o'er — Tennyson.

    quab

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An unfledged bird.
  • (by extension) Something immature or unfinished.
    • (Ford)
    (Webster 1913)