Fib vs. Rib: What's the Difference?

An insignificant or childish lie.

One of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.

To tell a fib. ]

A similar bone in most vertebrates.

(informal) A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential.

A part or piece similar to a rib and serving to shape or support

A liar.

A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.

The fibula.

(Nautical) One of many curved members attached to a boat or ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull.

To lie, especially more or less inconsequentially.

One of many transverse pieces that provide an airplane wing with shape and strength.

A falsehood; a lie; - used euphemistically.

(Architecture) A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault.

To speak falsely.

A raised ridge or wale in knitted material or in cloth.

To tell a fib to.

(Botany) The main vein or any of the prominent veins of a leaf or other plant organ.

A trivial lie;

(Slang) A teasing remark or action; a joke.

Tell a relatively insignificant lie;

To shape, support, or provide with a rib or ribs.

To make with ridges or raised markings.

(Informal) To tease or make fun of

(anatomy) Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.

(by extension) A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something.

A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.

(nautical) Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull.

(aeronautics) Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.

(architectural element) A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault

(knitting) A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth.

(botany) The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf.

A teasing joke.

A single strand of hair.

A stalk of celery.

A wife or woman.

(botany) Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale).

(botany) Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita).

(botany) Watercress (Nasturtium officinale).

To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.

To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.

To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.

(transitive) To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).

One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax.

That which resembles a rib in form or use.

The chief nerve, or one of the chief nerves, of a leaf.

In Gothic vaulting, one of the primary members of the vault. These are strong arches, meeting and crossing one another, dividing the whole space into triangles, which are then filled by vaulted construction of lighter material. Hence, an imitation of one of these in wood, plaster, or the like.

Solid coal on the side of a gallery; solid ore in a vein.

A wife; - in allusion to Eve, as made out of Adam's rib.

To furnish with ribs; to form with rising lines and channels; as, to rib cloth.

To inclose, as with ribs, and protect; to shut in.

Support resembling the rib of an animal

Any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)

Cut of meat including one or more ribs

A teasing remark

A riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant

A projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural

Form vertical ribs by knitting;

Subject to laughter or ridicule;