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Nudged vs Prodded - What's the difference?

nudged | prodded |

As verbs the difference between nudged and prodded

is that nudged is (nudge) while prodded is (prod).

nudged

English

Verb

(head)
  • (nudge)
  • Anagrams

    *

    nudge

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gentle push.
  • (Internet) A feature of instant messaging software used to get the attention of another user, as by shaking the conversation window or playing a sound.
  • (fruit machines) The rotation by one step of a reel of the player's choice.
  • Since the machine was showing two lemons and a cherry, I decided to try a nudge .

    Verb

    (nudg)
  • To push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
  • , author=Steven Sloman , title=The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation , volume=100, issue=1, page=74 , magazine= citation , passage=Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges ” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.}}
  • To near or come close to something.
  • See also

    * nudge nudge wink wink

    prodded

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (prod)

  • prod

    English

    (wikipedia prod)

    Verb

    (prodd)
  • To poke, to push, to touch.
  • To encourage, to prompt.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
  • , author=Michael Riordan , title=Tackling Infinity , volume=100, issue=1, page=86 , magazine= citation , passage=Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
  • A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
  • A poke.
  • "It's your turn," she reminded me, giving me a prod on the shoulder.
  • A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.
  • (Fairholt)

    Derived terms

    * cattle prod

    Anagrams

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