Rob vs Fob - What's the difference?
rob | fob |
(lb) To steal from, especially using force or violence.
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(lb) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud.
*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:I never robbed the soldiers of their pay.
To deprive (of).
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*:Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy […] distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its savour.
To burgle.
*2008 , National Public Radio, All Things Considered , Sept 4, 2008
*:Her house was robbed .
(lb) To commit robbery.
(lb) To take possession of the ball, puck etc. from.
*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 28, author=Tom Rostance, work=BBC Sport
, title= The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire until it reaches a syrupy consistency. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar.
A little pocket near the waistline of a pair of trousers or in a waistcoat or vest to hold a pocketwatch; a watch pocket.
:* With a saint at his chin and a seal at his fob .
A short chain or ribbon to connect such a pocket to the watch.
A small ornament attached to such a chain. (See Usage Notes below)
A hand-held remote control device used to lock/unlock motor cars etc.
(archaic) To cheat, to trick, to take in, to impose upon someone.
:* I think it is scurvy, and begin to find myself fobbed in it.
(archaic) To beat; to maul.
As verbs the difference between rob and fob
is that rob is to steal from, especially using force or violence while fob is to cheat, to trick, to take in, to impose upon someone.As nouns the difference between rob and fob
is that rob is the inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire until it reaches a syrupy consistency. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar while fob is a little pocket near the waistline of a pair of trousers or in a waistcoat or vest to hold a pocketwatch; a watch pocket.As a proper noun Rob
is a diminutive=Robert given name.As an initialism FOB is
forward operating base.As an acronym FOB is
free On Board.rob
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) robben, from (etyl) (compare English reave). More at (l).Verb
(robb)Arsenal 2-1 Olympiakos, passage=Kevin Mirallas then robbed Bacary Sagna to run into the area and draw another save from Szczesny as the Gunners held on to lead at the break.}}
Derived terms
* on the rob * rob Peter to pay Paul * robber * robbery * rob somebody blind * rob the cradleEtymology 2
(etyl); compare (etyl) rob, (etyl) rob, robbo, (etyl) robe, arrobe, and similar (etyl) and (etyl) words.Alternative forms
* rhob, rohobNoun
(-)Anagrams
* bor * bro * orb 1000 English basic words ----fob
English
Etymology 1
* High GermanNoun
(en noun)- 1711 Jonathan Swift , Windsor Prophecy :
Usage notes
* The Jonathan Swift quote indicates that the word "fob" at that time period did not specifically apply to an object attached to the chain or watch. * A "fob" attached directly to the watch serves as an ornament and or as a grip for more easily pulling the watch from the watch pocket. * A fob attached to a drooping chain would be mainly an ornament.Etymology 2
(etyl)Alternative forms
* fubVerb
(fobb)- 1604 William Shakespeare , Othello, iv, 2: