different between curber vs cuber

English

Etymology

From curb +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??b?/

Noun

curber (plural curbers)

1. Someone or something which curbs.
   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 282:

     they required him as a safeguard against the demon and a curber of other people's crimes.

2. (historical slang) A type of thief who used a ‘curb’ or hooked pole to steal things through open windows.
   • 1977, Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld, Folio Society 2006, p. 33:

     Night was the natural time for the curber’s activities and striking up an acquaitance with a serving maid was an invaluable way of getting a window left open or learning the exact layout of the rooms in the house.

English

Etymology

cube +? -er

Noun

cuber (plural cubers)

1. Any device designed to cut things into cubes.
2. A player of Rubik's cube.

   Synonyms: cubist, Rubik's cuber, Rubik's cubist

   Hyponym: speedcuber

Translations

Anagrams

• Bruce, bruce

French

Etymology

From cube +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky.be/

Verb

cuber

1. to cube (a number) (raise to the power of 3)

Conjugation

Further reading

• “cuber” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).