different between gybe vs gyne

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /d?a?b/
• Rhymes: -a?b

Etymology 1

Probably from Dutch gijben (obsolete), gijpen; cognate with Danish gibbe, German gieben, giepen, Swedish gipa, gippa.

The noun is derived from the verb; compare Dutch gjib (obsolete), gjip (“act of gybing; a boom”).

Verb

gybe (third-person singular simple present gybes, present participle gybing, simple past and past participle gybed)

1. (transitive, nautical) To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other, while sailing before the wind.
2. (intransitive, nautical) Of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: to shift, often forcefully and suddenly, from one side of a sailing vessel to the other.
3. (intransitive, nautical) Generally of a small sailing vessel: to change tack with the wind crossing behind the vessel.
4. (by extension, obsolete) Often as gybe at: to balk, hesitate, or vacillate when faced with a course of action, plan, or proposal.

Usage notes

Sense 3 (“to change tack”) is generally used of boats and other small sailing craft; the corresponding manoeuvre in a sailing ship is wear.

Translations

Noun

gybe (plural gybes)

1. (nautical) The act of gybing.
   1. A sudden shift of a sail's angle, or a sudden change in the direction that a vessel is sailing in.
   2. A manoeuvre in which the stern of a sailing vessel crosses the wind, typically resulting in the forceful and sudden sweep of the boom from one side of the vessel to the other.
2. (by extension) A sudden change in approach or direction; vacillation.

Translations

Alternative forms

• gibe
• jibe (now chiefly US)

Etymology 2

See jibe.

Noun

gybe (plural gybes)

1. Alternative spelling of jibe (“taunt”)

Verb

gybe (third-person singular simple present gybes, present participle gybing, simple past and past participle gybed)

1. Alternative spelling of jibe (“taunt”)

References

Anagrams

• g'bye

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???? (gun?, “female”). Doublet of queen.

Noun

gyne (plural gynes)

1. The primary reproductive female caste of social insects (especially ants, wasps, and bees), those destined to become queens.

Derived terms

• monogyne
• polygyne

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Noun

gyne (plural gynes)

1. (informal) gynecologist

Anagrams

• -geny