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Ribbing vs Rubbing - What's the difference?

ribbing | rubbing |

As verbs the difference between ribbing and rubbing

is that ribbing is present participle of lang=en while rubbing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between ribbing and rubbing

is that ribbing is the action of the verb to rib while rubbing is an impression of an embossed or incised surface made by placing a piece of paper over it and rubbing with graphite, crayon or other coloring agent.

ribbing

English

Verb

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    • Noun

  • (uncountable) The action of the verb to rib .
  • (uncountable) Collectively, the ribs on an object.
  • (countable) An instance of teasing.

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    rubbing

    English

    (wikipedia rubbing)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An impression of an embossed or incised surface made by placing a piece of paper over it and rubbing with graphite, crayon or other coloring agent.

    • Verb

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