stub vs tab

stub

noun
  • The smallest remainder of a smoked cigarette; a butt. 

  • An old and worn horseshoe nail. 

  • A placeholder procedure that has the signature of the planned procedure but does not yet implement the intended behavior. 

  • Stub iron. 

  • A row heading in a table (with horizontal reference, whereas a column heading has vertical reference). 

  • An unequal first or last interest calculation period, as a part of a financial swap contract 

  • A procedure that translates requests from external systems into a format suitable for processing and then submits those requests for processing. 

  • A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes. 

  • The remaining part of the docked tail of a dog 

  • Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump. 

  • A page providing only minimal information and intended for later development. 

  • A pen with a short, blunt nib. 

verb
  • To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots. 

  • To jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe. 

  • To remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground. 

tab

noun
  • A cigarette. 

  • Credit account, e.g., in a shop or bar; slate 

  • A navigational widget, resembling a physical tab, for switching between documents or sets of controls. 

  • An ear. 

  • A student of Cambridge University. 

  • A tablet, especially one containing illicit drugs. 

  • A tabloid newspaper. 

  • The cost or bill for anything. 

  • A space character that extends to the next aligned column, traditionally used for tabulation. 

  • A tableau curtain. 

  • The page or form associated with such a navigational widget. 

  • A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments. 

  • A fast march or run with full kit. 

  • A small flap or strip of material attached to something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc. 

  • A restaurant bill. 

verb
  • To use the Tab key on a computer to advance the cursor or move the input focus, or on a typewriter to advance the carriage. 

  • To affix with tabs; to label. 

How often have the words stub and tab occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )