Cod vs Cow - What's the difference?
cod | cow |
(obsolete) A small bag or pouch.
(UK, obsolete) A husk or integument; a pod.
* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Luke XV:
The scrotum (also in plural).
* 1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , III.4:
(obsolete) A pillow or cushion.
A marine fish of the family Gadidae.
A marine fish resembling a cod of the genus Gadus , such as the .
A joke or an imitation.
A stupid or foolish person.
Having the character of imitation; jocular. (now usually attributive, forming mostly compound adjectives).
(slang, transitive, dialectal) To attempt to deceive or confuse.
A female domesticated ox or other bovine, especially an adult after she has had a calf.
More generally, any domestic bovine regardless of sex or age.
The meat of such animals as food (more commonly called beef).
The female of larger species of mammal, including bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.
(derogatory, informal) A woman who is considered despicable in some way, especially one considered to be fat, lazy, ugly, argumentative, mean or spiteful.
(informal) Anything that is annoyingly difficult, awkward or graceless.
(informal) A conniption fit or hissy fit; a state of agitation .
(mining) A wedge or brake to stop a machine or car; a chock.
To intimidate; to daunt the spirits or courage of.
* Shakespeare
(UK, dialect) A chimney cowl.
* 1836 , Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers ?
As an acronym cow is
(computing).cod
English
(wikipedia cod)Etymology 1
From (etyl) codd, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- (Halliwell)
- And he wolde fayne have filled his bely with the coddes , that the swyne ate: and noo man gave hym.
- (Mortimer)
- that which we call castoreum are not the same to be termed testicles or stones; for these cods or follicles are found in both sexes, though somewhat more protuberant in the male.
- (Halliwell)
Derived terms
* codpieceEtymology 2
Origin uncertain; perhaps ultimately the same as Etymology 1, above.Noun
Derived terms
* bay cod * codfish * codling * cod liver oil * rock cod * shore codEtymology 3
Origin unknown.Noun
(en noun)- I assume it all could just be a cod .
- He's making a right cod of himself.
Adjective
(en adjective)- “Illegitimi non carborundum” is a well-known example of cod Latin.
- Dalton categorises Muse's latest composition as “cod -classical bombast”.
Verb
Derived terms
* codswallopcow
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(wikipedia cow) (en-noun) (see usage notes)- That website is a real cow to navigate.
- (Knight)
Usage notes
The plural cows is the normal plural for multiple individuals, while cattle is used in a more collective sense. The umlaut plurals ky, kye and kine are archaic and no longer in common use.Synonyms
* bitch * bastard, bitch, bugger (UK)Antonyms
* (female domesticated ox or other bovine) bullSee also
* (meat) chicken, pig, pork, goat, lamb, muttonDerived terms
(terms derived from "cow") * cowboy * cow catcher, cowcatcher * cow corner * cowgirl * cowherd * cowmilk, cow milk * cowpoke * cowpool * cowpuncher * cowshed * cow shot * cow tipping * cash cow * have a cow * holy cow * sacred cowSee also
* * beef * bovine * bull * calf * cattle * heifer * steer * low * moo * ox * vealEtymology 2
Probably from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- Con artists are not cowed by the law.
- To vanquish a people already cowed .
Etymology 3
Noun
(en noun)- Who could live to gaze from day to day on bricks and slates, who had once felt the influence of a scene like this? Who could continue to exist, where there are no cows but the cows on the chimneypots; nothing redolent of Pan but pan-tiles;