Stab vs Stub - What's the difference?
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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.
Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.
* Dryden
A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes.
(computing) A placeholder procedure that has the signature of the planned procedure but does not yet implement the intended behavior. (
* 1996 , Chip Weems, Nell Dale, Pascal :
(computing) A procedure that translates requests from external systems into a format suitable for processing and then submits those requests for processing. (
* 2002 , Judith M Myerson, The Complete Book of Middleware :
(wikis) A page providing only minimal information and intended for later development.
The remaining part of the docked tail of a dog
An unequal first or last interest calculation period, as a part of a financial swap contract
(obsolete) A log; a block; a blockhead.
A pen with a short, blunt nib.
A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron.
To remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground.
To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots.
To jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe.
pillar
column (upright supporting beam)
As nouns the difference between stub and stab
is that stub is something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump while stab is an act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.As verbs the difference between stub and stab
is that stub is to remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground while stab is to pierce or to wound (somebody) with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.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
* stabberstub
English
(wikipedia stub)Noun
(en noun)- And prickly stubs instead of trees are found.
- check stub'', ''ticket stub'', ''payment stub
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- Even though the stub is a dummy, it allows us to determine whether the procedure is called at the right time by the program or calling procedure.
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- After this, the server stub calls the actual procedure on the server.
- (Milton)
Hyponyms
* stubble * stumpAntonyms
* (computer) skeleton (4)Derived terms
* pencil stub * pay stubVerb
(stubb)- I stubbed my toe trying to find the light switch in the dark.
