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Swabbed vs Swabber - What's the difference?

swabbed | swabber |

As a verb swabbed

is (swab).

As a noun swabber is

one who swabs a floor or deck.

swabbed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (swab)

    • swab

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) a small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids. Often attached to a stick or wire to aid access.
  • A sample taken with a swab (1).
  • A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns.
  • A mop, especially on a ship.
  • (slang) A sailor; a swabby.

    • Synonyms

    * (sailor) swabby

    Verb

    (swabb)
  • To use a swab on something, or clean something with a swab.
  • * , chapter=6
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it.}}

    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)