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Podded vs Plodded - What's the difference?

podded | plodded |

As verbs the difference between podded and plodded

is that podded is (pod) while plodded is (plod).

As an adjective podded

is having pods (of a particular kind).

podded

English

Adjective

(-)
  • having pods (of a particular kind)
    • edible-podded peas

    Verb

    (head)
  • (pod)

    • plodded

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (plod)

    • plod

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) *.

    Noun

    (-)
  • A slow or labored walk or other motion or activity.
    • We started at a brisk walk and ended at a plod .

    Verb

    (plodd)
  • To walk or move slowly and heavily or laboriously (+ on, through, over).
  • * 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island) Part One, Chapter 1
  • ** I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea chest following behind him in a handbarrow;
  • To trudge over or through.
  • To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.
  • * Drayton
    • plodding schoolmen
    Derived terms
    * (l) * (l) * (English Citations of "plod")

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) plod. Cognate with (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A puddle.

    • Etymology 3

    From (PC Plod)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • the police, police officers
  • (UK, mildly, derogatory, countable) a police officer, especially a low-ranking one.
    • Synonyms
    * (the police) see * (police officer) see