Fudge vs Concoct - What's the difference?
fudge | concoct |
Light or frothy nonsense.
A type of very sweet candy or confection. Often used in the US synonymously with chocolate fudge.
(countable) A deliberately misleading or vague answer.
(uncountable, dated) A made-up story; nonsense; humbug.
(countable) A less than perfect decision or solution; an attempt to fix an incorrect solution after the fact.
To try to avoid giving a direct answer; to waffle or equivocate.
To alter something from its true state, as to hide a flaw or uncertainty. Always deliberate, but not necessarily dishonest or immoral.
(euphemistic) Colloquially, used in place of fuck.
As verbs the difference between fudge and concoct
is that fudge is to try to avoid giving a direct answer; to waffle or equivocate while concoct is to prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking.As a noun fudge
is light or frothy nonsense.As an interjection fudge
is (euphemistic) colloquially, used in place of fuck.fudge
English
(wikipedia fudge)Noun
- Have you tried the vanilla fudge ? It's delicious!
Verb
(fudg)- When I asked them if they had been at the party, they fudged .
- The results of the experiment looked impressive, but it turned out the numbers had been fudged .
- I had to fudge the lighting to get the color to look good.
Derived terms
* fudgerInterjection
(head)- Oh, fudge !