What's the difference between gub and nub?

Gub


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Scotland by contrast have recently been gubbed home and away by Wales, and may at some point tonight field Charlie Adam.
  • (2) On the impact of the move on Grangemouth, he said: "It's gubbed (ruined).
  • (3) Gub Neal, former Channel 4 director of drama and now creative director of producer and distributor Artists Studio, said: "It's refreshing to see something so intelligent and so layered on a mainstream network.
  • (4) 18 min: Despite having two decent scoring opportunities, it's no exaggeration to say that Bayern Munich are getting a bit of a gubbing here.
  • (5) Then back to the fitba to see Kilmarnock or Dunfermline gubbing some fancy-dan side from Spain or Italy, all in grainy black and white.
  • (6) Ajuntament BCN (@bcn_ajuntament) Segons @barcelona_GUB 1.800.000 persones han omplert la ciutat i ha regnat el civisme.

Nub


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To push; to nudge; also, to beckon.
  • (n.) A jag, or snag; a knob; a protuberance; also, the point or gist, as of a story.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Out of the latter, NUB congenital defect was in 4, total epispadia in 1, spina bifida in 1 patient.
  • (2) In the case of S. enteritidis NUB 31, the effect of CPS-K was detectable only when more than 20 mug per mouse was injected.
  • (3) And that is the nub of the FT report: grim reading for chancellor George Osborne as he puts the finishing touches to his 19 March budget.
  • (4) The peak CPS-K effect on infection with S. enteritidis NUB 1 was seen when given immediately before bacterial challenge.
  • (5) Some wore "slave bracelets" made out of boot laces and walked with "Black Power canes", sticks with the nub carved into a clenched fist.
  • (6) This is the nub of the issue and the foreign secretary's statement seems to mask a much more complex picture.
  • (7) Four new nuB mutations in the DNA gyrase-binding site between the G and I genes were also sequenced and found to be identical to the nuB103 mutation sequenced previously.
  • (8) The nub of Zittrain’s concern is that the practice of shaping what stays and what goes from the database is hopelessly individualistic.
  • (9) The promotion of infection with S. enteritidis NUB 1 by CPS-K depended upon its dose, the effect of CPS-K being demonstrable up to as little as 0.2 mug per mouse.
  • (10) This is the nub of what I am going to call, because I've always secretly wanted to be a mathematician, the "Birmingham Liberty Paradox".
  • (11) And I'm hopeful that we're getting closer to the nub of the problem.
  • (12) The nub of the controversy was his comment that "we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years" if Mr Thurmond, who ran a campaign to keep blacks out of white schools and neighbourhoods, had won the presidency in 1948.
  • (13) Both have seen very bleak scenarios depicted by either side in attempts to scare the electorate, for example with the idea that a yes vote will usher in a very authoritarian regime.” In his presentations, Baldini, who will vote yes, tries to go to what he sees as the nub of the issue.
  • (14) Our failing economy needs stimulating and your nub of grey meat and Mars egg are simply not sufficient.
  • (15) Why does it matter whether other people believe it or not?” I suspect that gets to the nub of it.
  • (16) As a result of enumeration of bacterial populations in the peritoneal washing, blood, liver and spleen, it was revealed that CPS-K promoted in vivo growth of S. enteritidis NUB 1 and NUB 31.
  • (17) The NUB-6 cell line consisted of two distinct cell subtypes, small typical neuroblasts and larger spheroid-forming cells, while NUB-7 was homogeneously neuroblastic.
  • (18) All the children were operated on: NUB reconstruction according to Davis, bilateral uretero-cystostomy according to Coen.
  • (19) Two new neuroblastoma (NB) cell lines, NUB-6 and NUB-7, were established from recurrent and primary NB tumours respectively and identified conclusively as NB by their phenotypic characteristics, catecholamine production and N-myc amplification.
  • (20) Urodynamic studies showed the absence of detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia and confirmed organic nature of NUB lesion.

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