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Dud vs Rud - What's the difference?

dud | rud |

As nouns the difference between dud and rud

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 rud is redness; blush.

As a verb rud is

to become red; redden.

As an abbreviation RUD is

initialism of lang=en|rapid unplanned disassembly an explosion .

dud

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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
  • * 2014 , A teacher, " 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 .
  • (obsolete) Clothes, now always used in plural form duds.
  • A loser, an unlucky person

    • Synonyms

    * (losing lottery ticket) blank

    Anagrams

    * English palindromes ----

    rud

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • redness; blush
  • ruddle; red ochre
  • A fish, the rudd.

    • Verb

    (rudd)
  • (label) To become red; redden.
  • To make red.
    • (Spenser)

    See also

    * ruddy (Webster 1913) ----