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Modded vs Nodded - What's the difference?

modded | nodded |

As verbs the difference between modded and nodded

is that modded is (mod) while nodded is (nod).

modded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (mod)

    • mod

    English

    (wikipedia mod)

    Synonyms

    * (modulus) , modulus

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.
  • (UK) a 1960s British person who dressed in such a style and was interested in modernism and the modern music of the time; the opposite of a rocker.
  • (slang) A modification to an object, computer game, etc., typically for the purpose of individualizing and/or enhancing the performance of the object.
  • (Internet) A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.
  • (computing, informal) A module (file containing a tracker music sequence).
  • * 1992 , "Jordan K. Hubbard", How to convert Amiga mods to Arch?'' (on Internet newsgroup ''comp.sys.acorn )
    • I'd like to convert some of the arch(SIC) mods back into Amiga mods since I don't have the original Amiga versions.
  • * 2003 , Rene T. A. Lysloff, Leslie C. Gay, Jr., Music and Technoculture (page 38)
    • These mods , while usually having the distinctive bleep and beep quality of transistor-generated tones, are often astonishingly creative and rich in expressive nuances.
  • (rock climbing) A moderately difficult route.
  • Moderations: university examinations generally taken in the first year.

    • Usage notes

    In gaming, mods are created by end users whereas such content by the game creators would be labeled an expansion pack.

    Verb

    (modd)
  • (slang) To modify an object from its original condition, typically for the purposes of individualizing and/or enhancing the performance of the object.
    • His friends were particularly impressed with the way he modded his .
  • To moderate; to punish a rule-breaking user on a forum, especially when done by a moderator.
    • Don't break the rules or you'll be modded .

    Synonyms

    * trick, trick out * (to moderate)

    Derived terms

    * moddable * modder

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    nodded

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (nod)

    • nod

    English

    Verb

    (nodd)
  • (transitive, and, intransitive) To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.
  • (transitive, and, intransitive) To sway, move up and down.
  • * Keats
    • By every wind that nods the mountain pine.
  • * 1819 "Frail snowdrops that together cling / and nod their helmets, smitten by the wing / of many a furious whirl-blast sweeping by." (Wordsworth, On Seeing a Tuft of Snowdrops in a Storm )
  • To gradually fall asleep.
  • To make a mistake by being temporarily inattentive or tired
    • Even Homer nods .
  • (soccer) To head; to strike the ball with one's head.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Chris Whyatt , title=Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=With the hosts not able to find their passes - everything that went forward was too heavy or too short - Terry once again had to come to his side's rescue after Davies had brilliantly nodded into the path of Elmander, who followed up swiftly with a deflected shot. }}
  • (figuratively) To allude to something.
  • * March 15 2012 , Soctt Tobias, The Kid With A Bike [Review]
    • Though the title nods to the Italian neo-realist classic Bicycle Thieves—and Cyril, much like the father and son in that movie, spends much of his time tracking down the oft-stolen possession—The Kid With A Bike isn’t about the bike as something essential to his livelihood, but as his sole connection to the freedom and play of childhood itself.
  • (slang) To fall asleep while under the influence of opiates.

    • Related terms

    * nod off * nod out * nodding disease, nodding syndrome

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of moving one's head as described above.
  • A reference or allusion to something.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 31 , author=Tasha Robinson , title=Film: Review: Snow White And The Huntsman citation , page= , passage=Much like Mirror Mirror'', ''Huntsman'' appears to borrow liberally from other fantasy films. Sometimes the nods are clever—Stewart’s first night in the forest, among hallucinatory fog that gives the trees faces and clutching hands, evokes Disney’s animated ''Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs from 1937. }}

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