jab vs stab

jab

noun
  • A quick stab or blow; a poking or thrusting motion. 

  • A mild verbal insult. 

  • A medical hypodermic injection (vaccination or inoculation) 

  • A short straight punch. 

  • A vaccination, whether or not delivered via conventional injection. 

verb
  • To give someone an injection 

  • To poke or thrust abruptly, or to make such a motion. 

  • To deliver a quick punch. 

stab

noun
  • An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object. 

  • The horizontal or vertical stabilizer of an aircraft. 

  • A wound made by stabbing. 

  • Pain inflicted on a person's feelings. 

  • Criticism. 

  • An attempt. 

  • A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition. 

  • A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire. 

verb
  • To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander. 

  • To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger. 

  • To thrust in a stabbing motion. 

  • To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster. 

  • To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at). 

  • To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire. 

  • To recklessly hit with the tip of a (usually pointed) object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at). 

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