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Stabber vs Swabber - What's the difference?

stabber | swabber |

As nouns the difference between stabber and swabber

is that stabber is one who, or that which, stabs while swabber is one who swabs a floor or deck.

stabber

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who, or that which, stabs.
  • (nautical) A small marlinespike.

    • Anagrams

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    swabber

    English

    Alternative forms

    * swobber

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who swabs a floor or deck.
  • * 1610 , , act 2 scene 2
    • The master, the swabber , the boatswain, and I,
    The gunner, and his mate,
    Lov'd Mall, Meg, and Marian, and Margery,
    But none of us car'd for Kate:
  • (nautical, historical) An interior officer on British warships, responsible for seeing that the ship was kept clean.
  • (card games) Four privileged cards, formerly used in betting in whist.
    • (Webster 1913)