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Procs vs Prods - What's the difference?

procs | prods |

As verbs the difference between procs and prods

is that procs is third-person singular of proc while prods is third-person singular of prod.

As a noun Prods is

plural of Prod|lang=en.

procs

English

Verb

(head)
  • (proc)

  • proc

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Verb

  • (Internet, of an object in a multi-user dungeon) To trigger a special event.
  • * 2000 , "S H", The baddest weapons/armor'' (on newsgroup ''rec.games.mud.diku )
  • Dunno the weapons' stats, except they both procced fairly frequently - lightning sword procced decapitation (instant death), and the whip procced fire reel (or whatever it was called) which reeled to target into the balor's body, engulfing you in searing flames for big damage.
  • * 2000 , "Billy Shields", The truth about offhand procs'' (on newsgroup ''alt.games.everquest )
  • Establish a proccing percentage of a weapon by putting it in the primary hand and then put it in your offhand and check the proccing percentage with varying levels of dual wield skill (while keeping level and dex constant).

    Anagrams

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    prods

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (prod)
  • Anagrams

    * drops

    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

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