Pood vs Prod - What's the difference?
pood | prod |
An obsolete Russian unit of mass, equal to 40 Russian , or about 16.38 kg (approximately 36.11 pounds)
A Russian unit of mass used for kettlebells, now rounded off to 16 kg (about 35.274 pounds)
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
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A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
A poke.
A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.
As nouns the difference between pood and prod
is that pood is an obsolete Russian unit of mass, equal to 40 Russian funt, or about 16.38 kg (approximately 36.11 pounds while prod is a device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.As a verb prod is
to poke, to push, to touch.pood
English
(wikipedia pood)Noun
(en noun)prod
English
(wikipedia prod)Verb
(prodd)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)- "It's your turn," she reminded me, giving me a prod on the shoulder.
- (Fairholt)