flub vs muff

flub and muff both are nouns.

flub and muff both are verbs.

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

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

flub: an embarrassing mistake
muff: (sports) dropping the ball

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

As verbs, flub and muff are synonyms defined as:

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

Other synonyms of flub include ball up, blow, bobble, 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, screw up, spoil.

flub (noun)	muff (noun)
an embarrassing mistake	(sports) dropping the ball
	a warm tubular covering for the hands

flub (verb)	muff (verb)
make a mess of, destroy or ruin	make a mess of, destroy or ruin
	fail to catch, as of a ball

Difference between flub and muff

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