different between abob vs nabob

English

Etymology

a- +? bob

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?b/

Adverb

abob (not comparable)

1. Afloat; bouncing on the surface of a liquid. [First attested in the early 20^th century.]

Adjective

abob (not comparable)

1. (predicate) Afloat; bouncing on the surface of a liquid. [First attested in the early 20^th century.]

References

Anagrams

• boab, boba

English

Etymology

In colloquial usage in English since 1612, from Urdu ????? (nav?b), from Persian [Term?], from Arabic ???????? (nuww?b), the honorific plural of ??????? (n??ib, “deputy”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ne?b?b/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ne?b?b/

Noun

nabob (plural nabobs)

1. (historical) An Indian ruler within the Mogul empire.

   Synonym: nawab

2. (by extension) Someone of great wealth or importance.

   Synonyms: tycoon, magnate
3. (by extension) A person with a grandiose style or manner.

Derived terms

• Nob Hill (“neighborhood in San Francisco”)

Related terms

• nawab

Translations

References

• Nabobs: A Study of the Social Life of the English in the Eighteenth-Century, Percival Spear, Oxford University Press, London 1938; New Edition OUP, USA: 1998.
• Durham's Place-Names of the San Francisco Bay Area, David L. Durham, Quill Driver Books, California: 2000.

Further reading

• Nabob on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Nabob in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)