daub/dab

[sagehen]

on 5/15/08 2:14 PM, Joel S. Berson at Berson at ATT.NET wrote:

> At 5/15/2008 12:18 AM, Your Name wrote:
>> can't think of any context in which "daubing" could not be replaced with
>> "dabbing."  I've always thot they were synonyms.
>
> Does a mediocre painter (of the artist subclass) daub or dab?
>
> Joel
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~~~~~~~~~If (s)he's a dab hand at the art, (s)he will probably produce
something better than a daub.  A watercolorist would probably be limited to
dabbing, but might turn out a daub.
AM

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