different between sweb vs sneb

English

Alternative forms

• swab

Etymology

From Middle English swebben (“to sleep, swoon”), from Old English swebban (“to put to sleep, lull, kill”), from Proto-Germanic *swabjan?, *sw?bijan? (“to lull, put to sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *swep-, *sup- (“to sleep”). Cognate with Icelandic svefja (“to sleep”), Latin s?pi? (“put to sleep, lull”, verb). Related to sweven.

Verb

sweb (third-person singular simple present swebs, present participle swebbing, simple past and past participle swebbed)

1. (intransitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England) To swoon; faint.

Noun

sweb (plural swebs)

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England) A swoon.

Derived terms

• swebby

Anagrams

• EBWs, WBEs, webs

English

Etymology

Variant of snib.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sn?b/

Verb

sneb (third-person singular simple present snebs, present participle snebbing, simple past and past participle snebbed)

1. (obsolete or dialect) To check; to reprimand.
   • 16th c, Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, Book II, 1725, The Works of the Honourable Sir Philip Sidney, Kt., in Prose and Verse, Volume 1, 14th Edition, page 410,

     Thou heard'?t even now a young man ?neb me ?ore, / Because I read him, as I would my ?on.

Synonyms

• (check or reprimand): sneap, snib, snub

Noun

sneb (plural snebs)

1. (obsolete or dialect) A snub or reprimand.

References

Webster's 1828 dictionary

Anagrams

• B&NES, Bens, NESB, bens, nebs