different between dibber vs dribber

English

dib +? -er

dibber (plural dibbers)

A tool with a handle on one end and a point on the other, used in the garden to poke holes in preparation for planting seeds, bulbs, etc. Also known as a dibble or dib.
- 1850, The Journal of the Horticultural Society of London
  In dry weather, when plants are drawn out of the seed bed, and planted with a common dibber, receiving daily dribblings of water, many will perish, and all are materially injured.
One who dibs.

drib +? -er

dribber (plural dribbers)

(obsolete) One who dribs; an archer who shoots weakly or badly.
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