What's the difference between dibble and dribble?

Dibble


Definition:

  • (v. i.) A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which no set out plants or to plant seeds.
  • (v. i.) To dib or dip frequently, as in angling.
  • (v. t.) To plant with a dibble; to make holes in (soil) with a dibble, for planting.
  • (v. t.) To make holes or indentations in, as if with a dibble.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Keith Dibble, the chair of the Labour First group, joined forces with supporters of Yvette Cooper to write a letter urging people intending to vote for Liz Kendall to assist with the effort to stop Corbyn.
  • (2) She'll tell the Dibble everything they need to know.
  • (3) When we meet at the trust's offices in the West End – where, thrillingly, you can also see a display of original figures from Trumpton , including Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub – he finds it hard to stop talking about all the marvellous television he has been watching.
  • (4) "Your (non) mention of Euston took me back to last night," writes Matt Dibble.

Dribble


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.
  • (v. i.) To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel.
  • (v. i.) To fall weakly and slowly.
  • (v. t.) To let fall in drops.
  • (n.) A drizzling shower; a falling or leaking in drops.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) After two placings of shares with institutional investors which began two years ago, the government has been selling shares by “dribbling” them into the market.
  • (2) Villas-Boas paid £15m to bring the Belgian from Fulham and the signs are that he could prove a bargain, as Dembélé is emerging as one of the most complete midfielders in the Premier League, boasting strength, tenacity, creative passing, tricky dribbling and dangerous shooting.
  • (3) At one point Liverpool's young, raw full-back could be seen dribbling round Juan Mata.
  • (4) Alexander says the information is being "dribbled out" in a way that he believes is intended to inflict "maximum harm": I believe it's being done in a way that would cause maximum harm.
  • (5) A male adolescent presented with perineal dribbling during voiding.
  • (6) It has emerged, however, from a document that circulated among journalists and academics in South Africa, and which finally dribbled into print in 2005, that Mandela condoned his wife's statement.
  • (7) His fourth goal was a header from a cross by Jesé, who scored the team’s sixth a minute later after a dribble through the defence and a shot that went in at the base of the post.
  • (8) This scenario seems a world away from the days when his parents, Dave and Sonia Johnson, realised their five-year-old son manipulated the mini-football he continually dribbled around their home in Easington, County Durham, with quite extraordinary dexterity.
  • (9) Yet the veteran’s touch betrayed weary limbs, forcing him wide, with his shot dribbling beyond the far post and behind.
  • (10) Stoke kept Sánchez mostly subdued until the 57th minute, when the South American embarked on a dribble of which Diego Maradona would have been proud.
  • (11) at times they have carved Chelsea open with some cracking short dribbles and quick unpredictable movement, but sadly have picked up a couple of their least desirable traits."
  • (12) The centre-half had collected a throw-in on 15 minutes and attempted a blind pass infield, only to dribble the ball straight to a rampaging Costa.
  • (13) Following dilatation, bladder emptying into condom catheters was achieved in all patients without dribbling incontinence.
  • (14) I’ll make sure they stay interested.” Trump’s post-convention tribulations just prompted Time magazine to publish a stylised image of his head dribbling like hot wax beside a single word headline: “ Meltdown ”.
  • (15) Richards’s association with City goes back to the age of 14, when he arrived for a trial from Oldham Athletic and remembers being blown away by Shaleum Logan “playing up front, dribbling around everyone, and I was thinking: ’Oh my God, he’s unbelievable.’ I wasn’t used to the pace of the game.
  • (16) He was teed up by Gervinho, who had put the fear into Colombia with another dribble, but Kalou scuffed straight at Ospina from 18 yards.
  • (17) 8.22pm GMT 36 min: Kagawa dinks and dribbles down the right and into the area.
  • (18) The most frequent symptoms were poor stream (in 70%), frequency (50%) and dribbling (37%), while 30 % had nocturia, and 20% urgency, dysuria or perineal pain during voiding.
  • (19) They can’t look straight at me – they’re dribbling wrecks.” Rob was killed 20 years ago, but Kilgour didn’t begin to process his death until he started getting arrested repeatedly for violent assault.
  • (20) Reformers finally have the jolt in the arm they needed to prevent the positive impact of Snowden’s revelations dribbling away.