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As adjectives the difference between mad and wood

is that mad is insane; crazy, mentally deranged while wood is made of or with wood.

As verbs the difference between mad and wood

is that mad is to madden, to anger, to frustrate while wood is to cover or plant with trees.

As an adverb mad

is intensifier; to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly; very; unbelievably.

As an acronym MAD

is mutually assured destruction.

As a noun wood is

the substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.

As a proper noun Wood is

an English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood.

mad

English

Adjective

(madder)
  • Insane; crazy, mentally deranged.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I have heard my grandsire say full oft, / Extremity of griefs would make men mad .
  • Angry, annoyed.
  • * , chapter=6
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.}}
  • Wildly confused or excited.
    • to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred
  • * Bible, Jer. 1. 88
    • It is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
  • * 1787: The Fair Syrian, R. Bage, p.314
    • My brother, quiet as a cat, seems perfectly contented with the internal feelings of his felicity. The Marquis, mad as a kitten, is all in motion to express it, from tongue to heel.
  • Extremely foolish or unwise; irrational; imprudent.
  • Extremely enthusiastic about; crazy about; infatuated with; overcome with desire for.
  • (of animals) Abnormally ferocious or furious; or, rabid, affected with rabies.
  • (slang, chiefly Northeastern US) Intensifier, signifies an abundance or high quality of a thing; , much or many.
  • (of a compass needle) Having impaired polarity.

    • Usage notes

    While within the United States and Canada, the word mad'' ''does'' generally imply ''anger'' rather than insanity, such usage is still considered informal. Furthermore, if one is described as having "gone mad" or "went mad", this will unquestionably be taken as denoting ''insanity''''', and not anger. Meanwhile, if one "is mad at" something or has "been mad about" something, it will be assumed that they are '''''angered'' rather than insane. In addition, if the word is understood as being used literally, it will most likely be taken as meaning "insane". Also, in addition to the former, such derivatives as "madness", "madman", "madhouse" and "madly" ''purely denote insanity, irrespective of whether one is in the Commonwealth or in the United States. Lastly, within Commonwealth countries other than Canada, mad'' typically implies the ''insane'' or ''crazy'' sense more so than the ''angry sense.

    Synonyms

    * (insane) See also * (angry) See also * wicked, mighty, kinda, , hella.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (slang, New England, New York, and, UK, dialect) Intensifier; to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly; very; unbelievably.
    • He was driving mad slow.
    It's mad hot today.
    He seems mad keen on her.

    Synonyms

    * hella; helluv;

    Derived terms

    * mad as a hatter * madden * madding * madhouse * madly

    Verb

    (madd)
  • To madden, to anger, to frustrate.
  • * c''. 1595 , (William Shakespeare), '' , Act V Scene 5:
    • This musick mads me, let it sound no more.
  • *, I.2.4.iv:
    • He that mads others, if he were so humoured, would be as mad himself, as much grieved and tormented […].

    Anagrams

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    wood

    English

    (wikipedia wood)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) wode, from (etyl) wudu, (Danish and Swedish ved) .

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.
  • * (John Milton)
    • to worship their own work in wood and stone for gods
  • (countable) The wood of a particular species of tree.
  • (countable) A forested or wooded area.
  • * (William Shakespeare), The Tragedy of (Macbeth)
    • Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be until / Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill / Shall come against him.
  • Firewood.
  • * , chapter=8
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)
    • , title= Geothermal Energy , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.}}
  • (countable, golf) A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
  • (music) A woodwind instrument.
  • (uncountable, slang) An erection.
  • (chess, uncountable, slang) Chess pieces.
  • * 1971 , Chess Life & Review (volume 26, page 309)
    • White has nothing but a lot of frozen wood on the board while Black operates on the Q-side.
    Usage notes
    In the sense of "a forested area", the singular generally refers to a discrete area of forest, while the plural is often used when a more vaguely defined area is meant.
    Synonyms
    * timber
    Derived terms
    * bentwood * driftwood * greasewood * hardwood * heartwood * kingwood * knock on wood * ironwood * olivewood * out of the woods * purplewood * saw wood * softwood * whitewood * woodchopper * woodcock * wooded * wooden * woodpecker * woody

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (rfv-sense) Made of or with wood .
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.}}
    Synonyms
    * wooden

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover or plant with trees.
  • To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.
    • to wood a steamboat or a locomotive
  • To take or get a supply of wood.

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl), from (etyl) . See the full etymology at wode .

    Alternative forms

    * wode

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (obsolete) Mad, insane, crazed.
    • Derived terms
    * wood-wroth * woodness

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A peckerwood.
  • * 2009 , Brendan Joel Kelly, " Pride vs. Power", The Phoenix New Times :
    • Other than shout-outs to fellow "woods ," I found no references on their record to racism, and after getting to know the members, I think Woodpile's message is the opposite of what the L.A. Times construed it to be — they want to bring hardcore white guys to rap music, rather than alienating anyone of any race.
  • * 2011 , Christian Workman, Black Boxed: Coming of Age Behind Prison Walls :
    • The only thing is, even though there are ways to remain neutral, to just be a wood and not get caught up in the white supremacist gang stuff, you do have to take a side if things get bad.

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