flub vs bobble

flub and bobble both are nouns.

flub and bobble both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
flub	Yes	No	Yes	No
bobble	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, bobble is a hyponym of flub; that is, bobble is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than flub:

flub: an embarrassing mistake
bobble: the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball

Other hyponyms of flub include snafu, spectacle, bull, fumble, muff, fluff, faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, slip, solecism, howler, clanger, misstep, stumble, trip-up, trip.

As verbs, flub and bobble are synonyms defined as:

flub and bobble: make a mess of, destroy or ruin

Other synonyms of flub include ball up, blow, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil.

flub (noun)	bobble (noun)
an embarrassing mistake	the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball

flub (verb)	bobble (verb)
make a mess of, destroy or ruin	make a mess of, destroy or ruin

Difference between flub and bobble

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