Stabbed vs Stubbed - What's the difference?
stabbed | stubbed |
(stab)
An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
A wound made by stabbing.
Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.
(informal) An attempt.
Criticism.
(music) A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition.
To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
, title=
, chapter=1 To thrust in a stabbing motion.
To recklessly hit with the tip of a pointed object, such as a weapon or finger .
* (John Dryden)
To cause a sharp, painful sensation .
(figurative) To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.
(stub)
Short and thick, like something truncated; blunt; obtuse.
Abounding in stubs; stubby.
* Robert Browning
Not delicate; hardy; rugged.
* Berkley
As verbs the difference between stabbed and stubbed
is that stabbed is past tense of stab while stubbed is past tense of stub.As an adjective stubbed is
short and thick, like something truncated; blunt; obtuse.stabbed
English
Verb
(head)stab
English
(wikipedia stab)Noun
(en noun)- I'll give this thankless task a stab .
- a horn stab
Derived terms
* have a stab at, take a stab at * stabbing * stabby * stab vest * stab in the dark * stab in the backVerb
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- None shall dare / With shortened sword to stab in closer war.
Derived terms
* stabberstubbed
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- A bit of stubbed ground, once a wood.
- Stubbed , vulgar constitutions.