Dab
Dab noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
Usage example: a bear can knock a man down with a simple dab of his paw
Pick
Pick noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
Usage example: in the days when corporal punishment was permissible, it was not uncommon for an inattentive student to get a sharp pick in the head with a blackboard pointer
Dab and pick are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dab" instead the word "Pick" as a noun or a verb.
How words are described
| little | little dab | little pick |
Both words in one sentence
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Fire Emblem Fates has one smack dab near the beginning which changes the entire story depending what you pick.
Source: Sadistic Choice / Video Games
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