Dud vs Dad - What's the difference?
dud | dad |
(informal) A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.
A lottery ticket that does not give a payout.
Something that doesn't function properly
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(obsolete) Clothes, now always used in plural form duds.
A loser, an unlucky person
(label) A father, a male parent.
(label) (non-gloss definition, Used to address one's father)
(label) (Used to address an older adult male)
In informal terms the difference between dud and dad
is that dud is a device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile while dad is a father, a male parent.As a proper noun Dad is
one's father.As an initialism DAD is
a designation on prerecorded compact discs indicating that the contents were recorded in digital but mixed in analog before being mastered to a digital medium; compare AAD, ADD, DDD.dud
English
Noun
(en noun)Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents", The Guardian , 23 September 2014:
- At the end of the day, the vast majority of primary schools are vibrant, friendly places and you may struggle to choose one because they all seem so great. Primary schools tend to have the feelgood factor. If you just aren't feeling it, this one's probably a dud .