Sob vs. Sub — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Sob and Sub

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Sob

A son of a bitch.

Sub

A submarine

The yachtsman claimed his boat had been sunk by a sub

Sob

The act or sound of sobbing.

Sub

A subscription

The annual sub for the golf club will be £200

Sob

To weep aloud with convulsive gasping; cry uncontrollably.

Sub

A substitute, especially in a sporting team

The team pulled back with a goal from sub Chris Malkin

Sob

To make a sound resembling that of loud weeping.

Sub

A subeditor

The chief sub would be responsible for the look of the paper

Sob

To utter with sobs.

Sub

An advance or loan against expected income

‘I've got no money.’ ‘Want a sub?’

Sob

To put or bring (oneself) into a specified condition by sobbing

Sob oneself to sleep.

Sub

Replace or be replaced; substitute

He subbed for Armstrong at some gigs

He got a lot of applause when he was subbed

Sob

A cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath.

Sub

Lend or advance a sum to (someone) against expected income

Who'll sub me till Thursday?

Sob

(onomatopoeia) sound of sob

Sub

Subedit

His copy was mercilessly subbed and rewritten

Sob

(intransitive) To weep with convulsive gasps.

Sub

(Nautical) A submarine.

Sob

(transitive) To say (something) while sobbing.

"He doesn't love me!" she sobbed.

Sub

A submarine sandwich.

Sob

To soak.

Sub

A substitute.

Sob

To soak.

Sub

To act as a substitute

A graduate student subbing for the professor.

Sob

To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind of convulsive motion; to sigh with tears, and with a convulsive drawing in of the breath.

Sobbing is the same thing [as sighing], stronger.

She sighed, she sobbed, and, furious with despair.She rent her garments, and she tore her hair.

Sub

To put or use (a person or thing) as a substitute

The coach subbed fresh players toward the end of the game. The cook subbed oil for butter.

Sob

The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow.

Break, heart, or choke with sobs my hated breath.

Sub

Usage Problem To replace; substitute

The player was subbed after she committed two errors. Sub the chicken with tofu to make the dish vegetarian. See Usage Note at substitute.

Sob

Any sorrowful cry or sound.

The tremulous sob of the complaining owl.

Sub

A submarine.

Sob

A dyspneic condition

Sub

A submarine sandwich: a sandwich made on a long bun.

We can get subs at that deli.

Sob

Insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous

Sub

(informal) A substitute, often in sports or teaching.

With the score 4 to 1, they brought in subs.

She worked as a sub until she got her teaching certificate.

Sob

Convulsive gasp made while weeping

Sub

A subscription: a payment made for membership of a club, etc.

Sob

Weep convulsively;

He was sobbing inconsolably

Sub

A subtitle.

I've just noticed a mistake in the subs for this film.

Sub

A subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does).

Sub

(colloquial) A subeditor.

Sub

(colloquial) A subcontractor.

Sub

(slang) A subwoofer.

Sub

A submissive.

Sub

A subordinate.

Sub

A subaltern.

Sub

A subscription (or (by extension) a subscriber) to an online channel or feed.

I'm totally stoked; just got 10 new subs after my last video.

Sub

(colloquial) Subsistence money: part of a worker's wages paid before the work is finished.

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(internet slang) subreddit

Sub

To substitute for.

Sub

To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.

Sub

To replace (a player) with a substitute.

He never really made a contribution to the match, so it was no surprise when he was subbed at half time.

Sub

Less commonly, and often as sub on, to bring on (a player) as a substitute.

He was subbed on half way through the second half, and scored within minutes.

Sub

(British) To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.

Sub

To subtitle (usually a film or television program).

Sub

To lend.

Sub

To subscribe.

Sub

(BDSM) To take a submissive role.

Sub

To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.

Sub

(microscopy) To prepare (a slide) with a layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample.

Sub

Under.

Sub

A subordinate; a subaltern.

Sub

A shortened form of submarine, the boat.

Sub

A shortened form of submarine sandwich; also called hero, hero sandwich, and grinder.

Sub

A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

Sub

A submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes

Sub

Be a substitute;

The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague

The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet

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