babber vs dove

babber

noun
  • A baby. 

  • A friend. 

  • A fisherman using babs (“baits consisting of bundles of live worms”) to catch eels. 

dove

verb
  • Strong simple past tense of dive 

noun
  • Term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle. 

  • A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict. 

  • A greyish, bluish, pinkish colour like that of the bird. 

  • A pigeon, especially one smaller in size; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae. 

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