Rig vs Jib - What's the difference?
rig | jib |
(slang, nautical) The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
* The climbers each had a different rig for climbing that particular rockface.
(US) A large truck such as a semi-tractor.
* Every rig at the truckstop had custom-made mud-flaps.
The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
(informal) A costume or an outfit.
* My sister and I always made our own rigs for Halloween.
(slang, computing) A computer case, often modified for looks.
* 2004 , Radford Castro, Let Me Play: Stories of Gaming and Emulation (page 104)
An imperfectly castrated horse, sheep etc.
(slang) Radio]] equipment, especially a [[CB radio, citizen's band transceiver.
To fit out with a harness or other equipment.
(nautical) To equip and fit (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
(informal) To dress or clothe in some costume.
To make or construct something in haste or in a makeshift manner.
To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Schumpeter
, title= (obsolete) To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks.
* 1616 , (George Chapman), The Hymn to (Hermes), in ''The Whole Works of (Homer) (tr.),
(obsolete) To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer.
(obsolete) A wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct.
(obsolete) A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.
* Cowper
(obsolete) A blast of wind.
* Burke
(nautical) A triangular staysail set forward of the foremast. In a sloop (see image) the basic jib reaches back roughly to the level of the mast.
(nautical) Usually with a modifier, any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of the foremast.
The projecting arm of a crane
(metonymy) A crane used for mounting and moving a video camera
An object that is used for performing tricks while skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding, inline skating, or biking. These objects are usually found in a terrain park or skate park.
Of a horse, to stop and refuse to go forward.
(figuratively) To stop doing something, to become reluctant to proceed with an activity.
* 1992 , (Hilary Mantel), A Place of Greater Safety , Harper Perennial 2007, pp. 401-2:
* 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 318:
As nouns the difference between rig and jib
is that rig is the rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft while jib is a triangular staysail set forward of the foremast. In a sloop (see image) the basic jib reaches back roughly to the level of the mast.As verbs the difference between rig and jib
is that rig is to fit out with a harness or other equipment while jib is of a horse, to stop and refuse to go forward.rig
English
(wikipedia rig)Etymology 1
Probably of Scandinavian origin. Compare Norwegian .Noun
(en noun)- When I saw a special version of Quake running on Voodoo hardware, I knew I would be forking out quite a bit of money on my gaming rig .
Verb
Cronies and capitols, passage=Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult.
- Rigging and rifling all ways, and no noise / Made with thy soft feet, where it all destroys.
- (Tusser)
Etymology 2
See ridge.Etymology 3
Compare wriggle.Noun
(en noun)- (Fuller)
- He little dreamt when he set out / Of running such a rig .
- that uncertain season before the rigs of Michaelmas were yet well composed.
- (Wright)
Anagrams
* ----jib
English
Etymology 1
(wikipedia jib)Alternative forms
* jibe (archaic)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* cut of one’s jib * flying jib * genoa jib * inner jib * jib header * jib headed * jib topsail * outer jib * storm jibSee also
* asymmetrical spinnaker * blooper * deck sweeper * drifter * genoaEtymology 2
Of uncertain origin.Verb
(jibb)- Some of us began to jib when the family began to collect portraits of their new son to decorate their walls [...].
- The Parlement scarcely jibbed .