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Robber vs Sobber - What's the difference?

robber | sobber |

As nouns the difference between robber and sobber

is that robber is a person who robs while sobber is a weeper, someone who sobs.

robber

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who robs.

    • Hyponyms

    * bank robber * mugger

    Hypernyms

    * thief

    Derived terms

    * robber baron * robber crab * robber fly * robber gull

    Related terms

    * rob * robbery

    sobber

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A weeper, someone who sobs.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 3, author=Terry Brown, title=Roger Federer not the only big man to cry, work=Herald Sun citation
    • , passage=Federer, while not quite a serial sobber , also cried as a 21-year-old after beating Mark Philippoussis at Wimbledon in 2003. }}