Sibbed vs Snibbed - What's the difference?
sibbed | snibbed |
(sib)
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.
(snib)
(Scotland) A latch or fastening for a door, window etc.
*2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 99:
*:He did not like me coming in except if I was going to bed. I heard him saying to my maw about a snib for the door.
(obsolete) A reprimand; a snub.
(Scotland) To latch (a door, window etc.).
*1890 , (Arthur Conan Doyle), The Sign of the Four , VI:
*:‘Window is snibbed on the inner side. Frame-work is solid. No hinges at the side. Let us open it.’
As verbs the difference between sibbed and snibbed
is that sibbed is past tense of sib while snibbed is past tense of snib.sibbed
English
Verb
(head)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
* ----snibbed
English
Verb
(head)snib
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Marston)