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Cod vs Hod - What's the difference?

cod | hod |

As nouns the difference between cod and hod

is that cod is a small bag or pouch while hod is a three-sided box for carrying bricks or other construction materials, often mortar. It bears a long handle and is carried over the shoulder.

As verbs the difference between cod and hod

is that cod is to attempt to deceive or confuse while hod is to bob up and down on horseback; jog.

As an adjective cod

is having the character of imitation; jocular. (now usually attributive, forming mostly compound adjectives).

cod

English

(wikipedia cod)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) codd, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A small bag or pouch.
    • (Halliwell)
  • (UK, obsolete) A husk or integument; a pod.
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Luke XV:
    • And he wolde fayne have filled his bely with the coddes , that the swyne ate: and noo man gave hym.
    (Mortimer)
  • The scrotum (also in plural).
  • * 1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , III.4:
    • 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.
  • (obsolete) A pillow or cushion.
    • (Halliwell)
    Derived terms
    * codpiece

    Etymology 2

    Origin uncertain; perhaps ultimately the same as Etymology 1, above.

    Noun

  • A marine fish of the family Gadidae.
  • A marine fish resembling a cod of the genus Gadus , such as the .
    • Derived terms
    * bay cod * codfish * codling * cod liver oil * rock cod * shore cod

    Etymology 3

    Origin unknown.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A joke or an imitation.
    • I assume it all could just be a cod .
  • A stupid or foolish person.
    • He's making a right cod of himself.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the character of imitation; jocular. (now usually attributive, forming mostly compound adjectives).
    • “Illegitimi non carborundum” is a well-known example of cod Latin.
    Dalton categorises Muse's latest composition as “cod -classical bombast”.

    Verb

  • (slang, transitive, dialectal) To attempt to deceive or confuse.

    • Derived terms

    * codswallop

    Anagrams

    * * * * English invariant nouns English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    hod

    English

    Etymology 1

    Etymology uncertain, but apparently related to Scots . Compare also (m).

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (lb) To bob up and down on horseback; jog.

    • Etymology 2

    Alteration of (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A three-sided box for carrying bricks or other construction materials, often mortar. It bears a long handle and is carried over the shoulder.
  • A receptacle for carrying coal.
    • Related terms
    * hod carrier

    Anagrams

    * English three-letter words ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

  • walk, gait
  • pace

    • Declension

    {{sh-decl-noun , h?d, h?dovi , h?da, h?d?v? , h?du, h?dovima , h?d, h?dove , h?de, h?dovi , h?du, h?dovima , h?dom, h?dovima }} ----