Pub vs Sub - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between pub and sub

is that pub is a public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed and also provides food and sometimes entertainment, normally television viewing or pub can be a publication while sub is a submarine.

As verbs the difference between pub and sub

is that pub is to go to one or more public houses or pub can be (informal|transitive) to publish while sub is (us|informal) to substitute for or sub can be to coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.

As a preposition sub is

under.

pub

English

Etymology 1

Short form of public, from public house

Noun

(wikipedia pub) (en noun)

A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed and also provides food and sometimes entertainment, normally television viewing.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)

, title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=Reg liked a chat about old times and we used to go and have a chinwag in the pub .}}

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* gastropub * pub crawl * pub quiz * superpub

Verb

(pubb)

To go to one or more public houses.

Etymology 2

(en) of (publication)

Noun

(en noun)

A publication.

registered pubs

Etymology 3

(en) of (publish)

Verb

(pubb)

(informal) to publish

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sub

English

Etymology 1

Shortened form of any of various words beginning sub- , such as submarine, subroutine, substitute, subscription. The sandwich is so called because the bun's cylindrical shape resembles the shape of a submarine.

Noun

(en noun)

A submarine.

A submarine sandwich—a sandwich made on a long bun.

We can get subs at that deli.

(US, informal) A substitute.

With the score 4 to 1, they brought in subs .

She worked as a sub until she got her teaching certificate.

(British, informal) A substitute in a football (soccer) game: someone who comes on in place of another player part way through the game.

* 1930 , Boy's Live, Philip Scruggs, There Can Be Victory , page 20

At any other school you would be playing varsity, and Wallace has you pigeon-holed on the subs'." "Maybe he has his reasons," Jim replied. "And he hasn't pigeon-holed me on the ' subs yet — not this season.

(British, informal, often in plural) Short for subscription: a payment made for membership of a club, etc.

(informal) A submissive in BDSM practices.

* 2004 , Paul Baker, Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang?

...roleplay where a sub or bottom takes care of a top's bodily and hygiene needs...

* 2007 , Laurell K Hamilton, The Harlequin

"It means that I'm both a sub and a dom." "Submissive and dominant," I said. He nodded.

* 2008 , Lannie Rose, How to Change Your Sex

Typically a dom and a sub have a more or less standard routine that they like to go through all the time.

(Internet, informal) A subtitle.

I've just noticed a mistake in the subs for this film.

(computing, programming) A subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does).

* 2002 , Nathan Patwardhan, Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour, Perl in a nutshell

The default accessor can be overridden by declaring a sub of the same name in the package.

* 2004 , P. K. McBride, Introductory Visual Basic.NET (page 49)

So far, all the subs and functions that we have used have been those built into the system, or those written to handle events from controls...

(colloquial, dated) A subordinate.

(colloquial, dated) A subaltern.

Synonyms

* (submarine sandwich) grinder, hoagie

Hypernyms

* (submarine sandwich) sandwich

Verb

(subb)

(US, informal) To substitute for.

(US, informal) To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.

(British, informal, football) To replace (a player) with a substitute.

He never really made a contribution to the match, so it was no surprise when he was subbed at half time.

(British, informal, football) Less commonly, and often as sub on , to bring on (a player) as a substitute.

''He was subbed on half way through the second half, and scored within minutes.

(British) To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.

(UK, slang, transitive) To lend.

* 2011 , Rowland Rivron, What the F*** Did I Do Last Night?

I kept up the pleasantries as we were drying our hands and, realizing I didn't have any change for the lodger, I asked him, one drummer to another like, if he could sub me a quid for the dish.

(slang) To subscribe.

(BDSM) To take a submissive role.

* Alicia White, Jessica's Breakdown (page 53)

You've never subbed before. Jessica will be expecting a man on stage that follows orders and enjoys what she's going to be doing. Do you want to be spanked? Possibly whipped?

* 2012 , Tiffany Reisz, Little Red Riding Crop

Wasn't like she'd never subbed before. She'd been a sub longer than she'd been a Dominatrix–ten years she'd spent in a collar.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) sub.

Preposition

(English prepositions)

Under.

Verb

To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.

(microscopy) To prepare (a slide) with an layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample.

* 1997 , Marina A. Lynch, S. M. O'Mara (editors), Ali D. Hames, D. Rickwood (series editors), Neuroscience Labfax , page 166,

Ensure that gloves are worn when handling subbed' slides. Although the following protocol describes '''subbing with gelatin, slides may also be coated with either 3-(triethoxysilyl-)propylamine (TESPA) or poly-L-lysine for ''in situ hybridization.

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