Sib vs Vice - What's the difference?
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Having kinship or relationship; related by same-bloodedness; having affinity; being akin; kindred.
Kindred; kin; kinsmen; a body of persons related by blood in any degree.
A kinsman; a blood relation; a relative, near or remote; one closely allied to another; an intimate companion.
* 1980 , Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers :
A sibling, brother or sister (irrespective of gender)
(biology) Any group of animals or plants sharing a corresponding genetic relation
A group of individuals unilaterally descended from a single (real or postulated) common ancestor
To bring into relation; establish a relationship between; make friendly; reconcile.
A bad habit.
(legal) Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, or drugs.
A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness.
* From the case of Scholefield v. Robb (1839).
A mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping or holding (also spelled vise).
A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
(obsolete) A grip or grasp.
* 1597 , , II. I. 22:
To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.
* 1610 , , I. ii. 416:
* De Quincey
in place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank
instead of, in place of
As adjectives the difference between sib and vice
is that sib is having kinship or relationship; related by same-bloodedness; having affinity; being akin; kindred while vice is in place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank.As nouns the difference between sib and vice
is that sib is kindred; kin; kinsmen; a body of persons related by blood in any degree while vice is a bad habit.As verbs the difference between sib and vice
is that sib is to bring into relation; establish a relationship between; make friendly; reconcile while vice is to hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.As a preposition vice is
instead of, in place of.sib
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) sib, from (etyl) .Adjective
(en adjective)Etymology 2
From (etyl) sib, sibbe, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- But she got up to go, and Domenico obeyed me too in mock meekness, making himself sib and coeval to Hortense, submissive to frowning elder brother, something incestuous in it.
Derived terms
* sibling * sibredEtymology 3
From (etyl) .Verb
(sibb)References
*Anagrams
* ----vice
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Smoking is a vice , not a virtue.
Antonyms
* (bad habit) virtueDerived terms
* vice squadSee also
* habitEtymology 2
From (etyl) ; akin to English withy.Alternative forms
* vise (US)Noun
(en noun)- Fang. An I but fist him once; an a’ come but within my vice ,–
Verb
(vic)- Camillo. As he had seen’t, or been an instrument / To vice you to't, that you have touched his queen / Forbiddenly
- The coachman's hand was viced between his upper and lower thigh.
Etymology 3
From (etyl) , ablative form of vicis.Adjective
vice (no comparative or superlative)- vice president
- vice admiral
Derived terms
* vice admiral * vice governor * vice mayor * vice presidentPreposition
(head)- A. B. was appointed postmaster vice C. D. resigned.