Fudge vs Shirk - What's the difference?
fudge | shirk |
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.
To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
* Hare
To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
* Byron
To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
* Bishop Rainbow
English heteronyms
In lang=en terms the difference between fudge and shirk
is that fudge is to try to avoid giving a direct answer; to waffle or equivocate while shirk is to evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.As nouns the difference between fudge and shirk
is that fudge is light or frothy nonsense while shirk is one who shirks or shirk can be (islam) the unforgivable sin of idolatry.As verbs the difference between fudge and shirk
is that fudge is to try to avoid giving a direct answer; to waffle or equivocate while shirk is to avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc; to stay away from.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 !
Derived terms
* fudge factor * fudge packershirk
English
Etymology 1
First attested use in 1625 – 1635, apparently from association with shark (verb form), or from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- the usual makeshift by which they try to shirk difficulties
- If you have a job, don't shirk from it by staying off work.
- One of the cities shirked from the league.
- You that never heard the call of any vocation, that shirk living from others, but time from yourselves.
