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Funge vs Fudge - What's the difference?

funge | fudge |

As nouns the difference between funge and fudge

is that funge is a fungus while fudge is light or frothy nonsense.

As a verb fudge is

to try to avoid giving a direct answer; to waffle or equivocate.

As an interjection fudge is

colloquially, used in place of fuck.

funge

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A fungus.
  • (obsolete) A fool or simpleton.
  • * , II.3.2:
    • Be not ashamed of thy birth then, thou art a gentleman all the world over, and shalt be honoured, whenas he, strip him of his fine clothes, dispossess him of his wealth, is a funge  […].
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    fudge

    English

    (wikipedia fudge)

    Noun

  • Light or frothy nonsense.
  • A type of very sweet candy or confection. Often used in the US synonymously with chocolate fudge.
    • Have you tried the vanilla fudge ? It's delicious!
  • (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.

    • Verb

    (fudg)
  • To try to avoid giving a direct answer; to waffle or equivocate.
    • When I asked them if they had been at the party, they fudged .
  • To alter something from its true state, as to hide a flaw or uncertainty. Always deliberate, but not necessarily dishonest or immoral.
    • 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

    * fudger

    Interjection

    (head)
  • (euphemistic) Colloquially, used in place of fuck.
    • Oh, fudge !

    Derived terms

    * fudge factor * fudge packer