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trip-up vs flub

flub vs trip-up

trip-up and flub both are nouns.

trip-up is not a verb while flub is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
trip-up Yes No No No
flub Yes No Yes No
As nouns, flub is a hypernym of trip-up; that is, flub is a word with a broader meaning than trip-up:
  • trip-up: an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
  • flub: an embarrassing mistake
Other hypernyms of trip-up include bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall.
trip-up (noun) flub (noun)
an unintentional but embarrassing blunder an embarrassing mistake
trip-up (verb) flub (verb)
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Difference between trip-up and flub

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