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Rubs vs Fubs - What's the difference?

rubs | fubs |

As nouns the difference between rubs and fubs

is that rubs is while fubs is .

As verbs the difference between rubs and fubs

is that rubs is (rub) while fubs is (fub).

rubs

English

Noun

(head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (rub)

    • Anagrams

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    fubs

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fub)

    • Noun

    (head)

    • fub

    English

    Etymology 1

    (en)

    Alternative forms

    * fob

    Verb

    (fubb)
  • (obsolete) To put off by trickery; to cheat.
  • * a.'' 1599 , ,
    • A hundred mark is a long score for a poor lone woman to bear : and I have borne, and borne, and borne ; and have been fubbed' off, and '''fubbed''' off, and ' fubbed off, from this day to that day, that it is a shame to be thought on.

    Etymology 2

    Compare (fob) a pocket.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A plump young person or child.
    • (Smart)
    (Webster 1913)