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Dodge vs Parry - What's the difference?

dodge | parry |

As verbs the difference between dodge and parry

is that dodge is to avoid by moving suddenly out of the way while parry is to avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc.).

As nouns the difference between dodge and parry

is that dodge is an act of dodging while parry is a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying.

As proper nouns the difference between dodge and parry

is that dodge is {{surname|from=given names}} derived from a Middle English diminutive of Roger. (Typically found in the United States. while Parry is {{surname|from=Welsh}.

dodge

English

Verb

(dodg)
  • To avoid by moving suddenly out of the way.
    • He dodged traffic crossing the street.
  • (figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.
    • The politician dodged the question with a meaningless reply.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
    • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 citation , passage=The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.}}
  • (archaic) To go hither and thither.
  • (photography) To decrease the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them darker (compare burn).
  • To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
  • * Coleridge
    • A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist! / And still it neared and neared: / As if it dodged a water-sprite, / It plunged and tacked and veered.

    Synonyms

    * (to avoid) duck, evade, fudge, skirt

    Derived terms

    * dodge a bullet * dodger * dodgy

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of dodging
  • A trick, evasion or wile

    • parry

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Noun

    (parries)
  • A defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying.
  • (fencing) A simple defensive action designed to deflect an attack, performed with the forte of the blade.

    • Derived terms

    * beat parry * opposition parry * yielding parry

    Verb

  • To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc.).
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 28 , author=Tom Rostance , title=Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Wojciech Szczesny was then called into action twice in a minute to parry fierce drives from Djebbour and Torossidis as Arsenal's back four looked all at sea.}}