The difference between Jab and Punch
When used as nouns, jab means a quick stab or blow, whereas punch means a hit or strike with one's fist.
When used as verbs, jab means to poke or thrust abruptly, or to make such a motion, whereas punch means to strike with one's fist.
check bellow for the other definitions of Jab and Punch
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Jab as a noun:
A quick stab or blow; a poking or thrusting motion.
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Jab as a noun (boxing):
A short straight punch.
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Jab as a noun (British):
A medical injection.
Examples:
"Our dog was exposed to rabies, so the whole family went to a clinic to get our jabs."
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Jab as a noun (British):
A vaccination, whether or not delivered via conventional injection.
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Jab as a noun (US, figurative):
A verbal annoyance.
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Jab as a verb:
To poke or thrust abruptly, or to make such a motion.
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Jab as a verb:
To deliver a quick punch.
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Jab as a verb (slang, UK):
To give someone an injection
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Punch as a noun (countable):
A hit or strike with one's fist.
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Punch as a noun (uncountable):
Power, strength, energy.
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Punch as a noun (uncountable):
Impact.
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Punch as a noun (uncountable):
A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) causing a video game character to punch.
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Punch as a verb (transitive):
To strike with one's fist.
Examples:
"If she punches me, I'm gonna break her nose."
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Punch as a verb (transitive, of cattle):
To herd.
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Punch as a verb (transitive):
To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.
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Punch as a verb (transitive):
To enter (information) on a device or system.
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Punch as a verb (transitive):
To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.
Examples:
"He punched a hit into shallow left field."
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Punch as a verb (transitive):
To make holes in something
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Punch as a verb:
To thrust against; to poke.
Examples:
"to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow"
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Punch as a noun (countable):
A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.
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Punch as a noun (countable):
A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material.
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Punch as a noun (countable):
A hole or opening created with a punch.
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Punch as a noun (piledriving):
An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
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Punch as a noun:
A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
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Punch as a verb:
To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.
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Punch as a verb:
To mark a ticket.
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Punch as a noun:
A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.