Damp vs. Squib — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Damp and Squib
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Damp
Slightly wet
A damp sponge.
Squib
A small firecracker.
Damp
Humid
Damp air.
Squib
A broken firecracker that burns but does not explode.
Damp
(Archaic) Dejected; depressed.
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Squib
A brief satirical or witty writing or speech, such as a lampoon.
Damp
Moisture in the air; humidity
Come in out of the damp.
Squib
A short, sometimes humorous piece in a newspaper or magazine, usually used as a filler.
Damp
Moisture that lies or has condensed on something
“I saw the damp lying on the bare hedges and spare grass” (Charles Dickens).
Squib
(Football) A squib kick.
Damp
Foul or poisonous gas that sometimes pollutes the air in coal mines.
Squib
To write or utter squibs.
Damp
Lowness of spirits; depression
“An angry or sorrowful [countenance] throws a sudden damp upon me” (David Hume).
Squib
To write or utter squibs against; lampoon.
Damp
A restraint or check; a discouragement
“The issue of arms was so slow as to throw a great damp upon volunteering” (James Franck Bright).
Squib
(Football) To kick (the ball) low on a kickoff so that it bounces along the ground.
Damp
To make damp or moist; moisten.
Squib
(military) A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode.
English Navy squibs set fire to two dozen enemy ships in a Dutch harbor during the 16th-century battle against the Spanish Armada.
Damp
To suppress or extinguish (a fire) by reducing or cutting off air.
Squib
A similar device used to ignite an explosive or launch a rocket, etc.
Damp
To restrain or check
News that damped our enthusiasm.
Squib
(mining) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
Damp
(Music) To slow or stop the vibrations of (the strings of a keyboard instrument) with a damper.
Squib
(US) Any small firecracker sold to the general public, usually in special clusters designed to explode in series after a single master fuse is lit.
Damp
(Physics) To decrease the amplitude of (an oscillating system).
Squib
(firearms) A malfunction in which the fired projectile does not have enough force behind it to exit the barrel, and thus becomes stuck.
Damp
In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.
The lawn was still damp so we decided not to sit down.
The paint is still damp, so please don't touch it.
Squib
(automotive) The heating element used to set off the sodium azide pellets in a vehicle's airbag.
Damp
(figuratively) Despondent; dispirited, downcast.
Squib
In special effects, a small explosive used to replicate a bullet hitting a surface.
Damp
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Squib
(dated) A short piece of witty writing; a lampoon.
Damp
Moisture; humidity; dampness.
Squib
(dated) A writer of lampoons.
Damp
(archaic) Fog; fogginess; vapor.
Squib
(legal) In a legal casebook, a short summary of a legal action placed between more extensively quoted cases.
Damp
(archaic) Dejection or depression; something that spoils a positive emotion (such as enjoyment, satisfaction, expectation or courage) or a desired activity.
Squib
(linguistics) A short article, often published in journals, that introduces theoretically problematic empirical data or discusses an overlooked theoretical problem. In contrast to a typical article, a squib need not answer the questions that it poses.
Damp
A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pits, etc.
Squib
An unimportant, paltry, or mean-spirited person.
Damp
To dampen; to make moderately wet
To damp cloth
Squib
(graphic design) A sketched concept or visual solution, usually very quick and not too detailed.
Damp
To put out, as fire; to weaken, restrain, or make dull.
Squib
To make a sound like a small explosion.
A Snider squibbed in the jungle.
Damp
(transitive) To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).
Squib
To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute.
To squib a little debate
Damp
Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.
Night . . . with black airAccompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom.
Squib
A little pipe, or hollow cylinder of paper, filled with powder or combustible matter, to be thrown into the air while burning, so as to burst there with a crack.
Lampoons, like squibs, may make a present blaze.
The making and selling of fireworks, and squibs . . . is punishable.
Damp
Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind.
Even now, while thus I stand blest in thy presence,A secret damp of grief comes o'er my soul.
It must have thrown a damp over your autumn excursion.
Squib
A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
Damp
A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc.
Squib
A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay.
Who copied his squibs, and reëchoed his jokes.
Damp
Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid.
O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear.
Squib
A writer of lampoons.
The squibs are those who in the common phrase of the world are called libelers, lampooners, and pamphleteers.
Damp
Dejected; depressed; sunk.
All these and more came flocking, but with looksDowncast and damp.
Squib
A paltry fellow.
Damp
To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth.
Squib
To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little in debate.
Damp
To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage.
Usury dulls and damps all industries, improvements, and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring if it were not for this slug.
How many a day has been damped and darkened by an angry word!
The failure of his enterprise damped the spirit of the soldiers.
Squib
Firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise
Damp
A slight wetness
Damp
Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
Damp
Restrain or discourage;
The sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere
Damp
Make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible;
Muffle the message
Damp
Lessen in force or effect;
Soften a shock
Break a fall
Damp
Slightly wet;
Clothes damp with perspiration
A moist breeze
Eyes moist with tears
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