Nubbin vs. Sliver

Nubbinnoun

A stub, especially a stub of undeveloped corn or fruit or nipple.

Nubbinnoun

(informal) A small protuberance, bud, bump, or knob.

Nubbinnoun

(slang) The clitoris.

Nubbinnoun

A small or imperfect ear of maize.

Nubbinnoun

a small nub (especially an undeveloped fruit or ear of corn)

Slivernoun

A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.

Slivernoun

(regional US) Specifically, a splinter caught under the skin.

Slivernoun

A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.

Slivernoun

(fishing) Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings.

Slivernoun

A narrow high-rise apartment building.

Sliververb

(transitive) To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.

Sliververb

To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood.

Slivernoun

A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment, as of glass; a splinter.

Slivernoun

A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which preceeds spinning.

Slivernoun

Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings.

Slivernoun

a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal;

Slivernoun

a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something

Sliververb

divide into slivers or splinters

Sliververb

break up into splinters or slivers;

Sliververb

form into slivers;