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Dad vs Wad - What's the difference?

dad | wad |

As nouns the difference between dad and wad

is that dad is a father, a male parent while wad is an amorphous, compact mass.

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.

As a verb wad is

to crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.

As an acronym WAD is

it works as designed.

dad

English

(wikipedia dad)

Alternative forms

* , Dad

Noun

(en noun)
  • (label) A father, a male parent.
  • (label) (non-gloss definition, Used to address one's father)
  • (label) (Used to address an older adult male)
  • Synonyms

    * (a father) * (sense, used to address one's father familiarly) dada, daddy, pa, Pa, papa, pop, Pop, , pappa, pater, paw * (used to address an older adult male) daddio, pop, pops

    See also

    * mum, mom * sire

    Anagrams

    * English palindromes ----

    wad

    English

    (wikipedia wad)

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An amorphous, compact mass.
  • Our cat loves to play with a small wad of paper.
  • A substantial pile (normally of money).
  • With a wad of cash like that, she should not have been walking round Manhattan
  • A soft plug or seal, particularly as used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge.
  • (slang) A sandwich.
  • (vulgar, slang) An ejaculate of semen.
  • (mineralogy) Any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits.
  • Derived terms

    * (ejaculate) blow one's wad, shoot one's wad

    See also

    * (Wad)

    Verb

    (wadd)
  • To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.
  • She wadded up the scrap of paper and threw it in the trash.
  • (Ulster) To wager.
  • To insert or force a wad into.
  • to wad a gun
  • To stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton.
  • to wad a cloak

    Anagrams

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