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Robbing vs Cobbing - What's the difference?

robbing | cobbing |

As nouns the difference between robbing and cobbing

is that robbing is robbery while cobbing is (nautical) an unofficial form of punishment among the crew involving blows to the buttocks from a piece of wood.

As a verb robbing

is .

As an adjective cobbing is

(obsolete) haughty; purse-proud.

robbing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • robbery
  • * 1985 , David-Hillel Ruben, The Metaphysics of the Social World (page 141)
    • Consider the first, allegedly contrastive fact, that there were some bank robbings by Sutton rather than no robbings at all by Sutton.

    cobbing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) an unofficial form of punishment among the crew involving blows to the buttocks from a piece of wood

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) haughty; purse-proud
    • (Webster 1913)