Dad vs Wad - What's the difference?
dad | wad |
(label) A father, a male parent.
(label) (non-gloss definition, Used to address one's father)
(label) (Used to address an older adult male)
An amorphous, compact mass.
A substantial pile (normally of money).
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.
To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.
(Ulster) To wager.
To insert or force a wad into.
To stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton.
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
* , DadNoun
(en noun)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, popsSee also
* mum, mom * sireAnagrams
* English palindromes ----wad
English
(wikipedia wad)Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Our cat loves to play with a small wad of paper.
- With a wad of cash like that, she should not have been walking round Manhattan
Derived terms
* (ejaculate) blow one's wad, shoot one's wadSee also
* (Wad)Verb
(wadd)- She wadded up the scrap of paper and threw it in the trash.
- to wad a gun
- to wad a cloak