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Dudder vs Rudder - What's the difference?

dudder | rudder |

As nouns the difference between dudder and rudder

is that dudder is (uk|dated) a peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer while rudder is (nautical) an underwater vane used to steer a vessel the rudder is controlled by means of a wheel, tiller or other apparatus (modern vessels can be controlled even with a joystick or an autopilot).

As a verb dudder

is to confuse or confound with noise.

dudder

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • (UK, dated) A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer.

    • Etymology 2

    Related to dodder.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To confuse or confound with noise.
    • (Jennings)
  • To shiver or tremble; to dodder.
  • * Ford
    • I dudder and shake like an aspen leaf.
    (Webster 1913)

    rudder

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia rudder) (en noun)
  • (nautical) An underwater vane used to steer a vessel. The rudder is controlled by means of a wheel, tiller or other apparatus (modern vessels can be controlled even with a joystick or an autopilot).
  • (aeronautics) A control surface on the vertical stabilizer of a fixed-wing aircraft or an autogyro. On some craft, the entire vertical stabilizer comprises the rudder. The rudder is controlled by foot-operated control pedals.
  • A riddle or sieve.
  • (figurative) That which resembles a rudder as a guide or governor; that which guides or governs the course.
  • * Hudibras
    • For rhyme the rudder is of verses.

    Derived terms

    * balance rudder * bow rudder * drop rudder * rudder blade * rudder chain * rudder coat * rudderfish * rudderhead * rudder pendants

    See also

    * tiller