The difference between Dub and Embellish
When used as verbs, dub means to confer knighthood, whereas embellish means to make more beautiful and attractive.
Dub is also noun with the meaning: a blow, thrust, or poke.
check bellow for the other definitions of Dub and Embellish
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Dub as a verb (transitive):
To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with a sword.
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Dub as a verb (transitive):
To name, to entitle, to call.
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Dub as a verb (transitive):
To deem.
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Dub as a verb:
To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.
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Dub as a verb:
To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab. To dress with an adze. To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap. To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of currying it. To dress a fishing fly.
Examples:
"to dub a stick of timber smooth"
"rfquotek Halliwell"
"rfquotek Tomlinson"
"rfquotek Halliwell"
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Dub as a verb:
To prepare (a gamecock) for fighting, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.
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Dub as a verb:
To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.
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Dub as a verb:
To do something badly.
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Dub as a verb:
In golf, to execute a shot poorly.
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Dub as a noun (rare):
A blow, thrust, or poke.
Examples:
"rfquotek Hudibras"
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Dub as a noun (now, _, historical):
An unskillful, awkward person.
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Dub as a verb:
To add sound to film or change audio on film.
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Dub as a verb:
To make a copy from an original or master audio tape.
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Dub as a verb:
To replace the original soundtrack of a film with a synchronized translation
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Dub as a verb:
To mix audio tracks to produce a new sound; to remix.
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Dub as a noun (music):
A mostly instrumental remix with all or part of the vocals removed.
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Dub as a noun (music):
A style of reggae music involving mixing of different audio tracks.
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Dub as a noun (music):
A growing trend of music from 2009 to current in which bass distortion is synced off timing to electronic dance music.
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Dub as a noun (slang):
A piece of graffiti in metallic colour with a thick black outline.
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Dub as a noun:
The replacement of a voice part in a movie or cartoon, particularly with a translation; dubbing.
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Dub as a noun (UK, dialect):
A pool or puddle.
Examples:
"rfquotek Halliwell"
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Dub as a noun (slang):
A twenty dollar sack of marijuana.
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Dub as a noun (slang):
A wheel rim measuring 20 inches or more.
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Dub as a verb (obsolete, UK, thieves):
To open or close.
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Dub as a noun (obsolete, UK, thieves):
A lock.
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Dub as a noun (obsolete, UK, thieves):
A key, especially a master key; a lockpick.
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Embellish as a verb:
To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
Examples:
"The old book cover was embellished with golden letters"
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Embellish as a verb:
To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, to embroider.
Examples:
"to embellish a story, the truth"