Nerf vs Dodge - What's the difference?
nerf | dodge |
(auto racing) To bump lightly, whether accidentally or purposefully.
(slang) to water down, dumb down or especially weaken, particularly in video games.
To avoid by moving suddenly out of the way.
(figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.
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, chapter=2 (archaic) To go hither and thither.
(photography) To decrease the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them darker (compare burn).
To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
* Coleridge
As a verb nerf
is (auto racing) to bump lightly, whether accidentally or purposefully or nerf can be (slang) to water down, dumb down or especially weaken, particularly in video games.As a proper noun dodge is
derived from a (etyl) diminutive of roger (typically found in the united states).nerf
English
(NERF)Etymology 1
From automobile racing; to bump another car (ca. 1950s?).Verb
(en verb)- A racer will often nerf another as a psychological tactic.
Derived terms
* nerf bar * nerf netEtymology 2
From the trademark NERF (an abbreviation of "non-expanding recreational foam"), a range of toys made of soft foam, ineffective as actual weapons (1969).Verb
(en verb)- The lightning spell was pretty powerful before they nerfed it.
Anagrams
* ----dodge
English
Verb
(dodg)- He dodged traffic crossing the street.
- The politician dodged the question with a meaningless reply.
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- A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist! / And still it neared and neared: / As if it dodged a water-sprite, / It plunged and tacked and veered.