Dud vs Fud - What's the difference?
dud | fud |
(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
(derogatory) , a marketing strategy involving the spread of worrisome information about a competing product.
As nouns the difference between dud and fud
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 fud is alternative case form of FUD.As an acronym FUD is
Fear, uncertainty, and doubt, a marketing strategy involving the spread of worrisome information about a competing product.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 .