What's the difference between cobby and cubby?

Cobby


Definition:

  • (n.) Headstrong; obstinate.
  • (n.) Stout; hearty; lively.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Cobby and Ashford analyzed absorption and elimination phases of each alcohol dose separately and found no influence of meprobamate on BAC and significant heterogeneity in the residual error terms.
  • (2) The design, analysis and conclusions of the series of experiments by Carpenter et al., Ashford and Cobby, and Cobby and Ashford [J.
  • (3) The analyses of Ashford and Cobby and Cobby and Ashford used the mathematical models, which represented pharmacological and physiological actions of the drugs.
  • (4) related the results of behavioral measures to drug doses, Ashford and Cobby to the concentrations of the drugs in the blood.
  • (5) It was while working there that he met a young man nicknamed Cobby, a rebellious youth who introduced him to petty crime.

Cubby


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Cubbyhole

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Ford's motorsport supremo Walter Hayes had fallen into conversation with the film producer Albert "Cubby" Broccoli, with the result that AMR suddenly found itself building a handful of Ford Zephyr-engined cars for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968).
  • (2) He dazzled each of them with a string of Hollywood names, name-dropping the likes of Oliver Reed, Julie Christie and Aaron Spelling to reel in the wannabe stars, while telling one she had to sleep with Cubby Broccoli to land a Bond role and another she should have sex with David Bowie to land a part in the film Labyrinth, in which he starred.
  • (3) At San Francisco’s first fully automated restaurant, meals appear in little glass cubbies, just 90 seconds after customers order and pay on wall-mounted iPads.
  • (4) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Computerized cubbies at Eatsa, San Francisco.
  • (5) The company admits it employs a small kitchen staff, and one employee is present in the front of the house, answering questions about how to order and dodging questions about what’s going on behind the wall of magic cubbies.
  • (6) The moment before the meal appears, the see-through display screen that fronts the cubbies goes black for the few seconds when you might catch sight of the hand that feeds you.

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