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Tabbed vs Nabbed - What's the difference?

tabbed | nabbed |

As verbs the difference between tabbed and nabbed

is that tabbed is (tab) while nabbed is (nab).

As an adjective tabbed

is having a tab (protruding strip of material).

tabbed

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Having a tab (protruding strip of material).
  • * 1907 , Joseph Meadon, ?Walter Lawrence Tobey, The Graphic Arts and Crafts Year Book
    • Letter up a tabbed folder for each different catalog you intend to issue. As you collect matter for this catalog, put it in the one place — the folder devoted to that catalog.
  • (computing, graphical user interface) Having tabs (the user interface element).
    • A tabbed browser can display a different webpage on each tab.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (tab)

    • nabbed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (nab)

    • nab

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (nabb)
  • To seize, arrest or take into custody a criminal or fugitive
  • To grab or snatch something
    • Synonyms
    * (To arrest a criminal or fugitive) nick, bust
    Derived terms
    * nabber * kidnap

    Etymology 2

    Compare knap, knop, knob.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The summit of an eminence.
    • (Halliwell)
  • The cock of a gunlock.
    • (Knight)
  • (locksmithing) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.
    • (Knight)

    Anagrams

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