Fib vs. Rib

Fib vs. Rib — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Fib and Rib

Fibnoun

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

Ribnoun

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

Fibnoun

A liar.

Ribnoun

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

Fibnoun

The fibula.

Ribnoun

A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones

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Fibnoun

(neologism) A kind of experimental poem where the number of syllables in each line is the next succeeding Fibonacci number.

Ribnoun

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

Fibverb

To lie, especially more or less inconsequentially.

Ribnoun

Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength

Fibnoun

a trivial lie;

he told a fib about eating his spinachhow can I stop my child from telling stories?

Ribnoun

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

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Fibverb

tell a relatively insignificant lie;

Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying

Ribnoun

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

Ribnoun

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

Ribnoun

A teasing joke

Ribnoun

A single strand of hair.

Ribnoun

A stalk of celery.

Ribnoun

(archaic, literary, humorous) A wife or woman.

Ribverb

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

Ribverb

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

He always gets ribbed for his outrageous shirts.

Ribverb

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

Ribverb

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

Ribnoun

support resembling the rib of an animal

Ribnoun

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)

Ribnoun

cut of meat including one or more ribs

Ribnoun

a teasing remark

Ribnoun

a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant

Ribnoun

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

Ribverb

form vertical ribs by knitting;

A ribbed sweater

Ribverb

subject to laughter or ridicule;

The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera houseThe students poked fun at the inexperienced teacherHis former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday