Prod vs Inform - What's the difference?

As a noun prod

is (slang|sometimes derogatory) a protestant, (as termed by roman catholics), that is in the context of their religious beliefs, or those who have been born in the protestant tradition, or sometimes those implied to be protestant by their political ideology of irish unionism or ulster loyalism.

As a verb inform is

(archaic|transitive) to instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge).

As an adjective inform is

without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.

prod

English

(wikipedia prod)

Verb

(prodd)

To poke, to push, to touch.

To encourage, to prompt.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01

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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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Anagrams

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inform

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) informen, enformen, from (etyl) enformer, .

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Verb

(en verb)

(archaic) To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge).

To communicate knowledge to.

* Spenser

For he would learn their business secretly, / And then inform his master hastily.

* Shakespeare

I am informed thoroughly of the cause.

To impart information or knowledge.

To act as an informer; denounce.

To give form or character to; to inspire (with a given quality); to affect, influence (with a pervading principle, idea etc.).

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Gary Younge)

, volume=188, issue=26, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution , passage=WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.}}

* Dryden

Let others better mould the running mass / Of metals, and inform the breathing brass.

* Prior

Breath informs this fleeting frame.

(obsolete) To make known, wisely and/or knowledgeably.

(obsolete) To direct, guide.

(archaic) To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.

* Shakespeare

It is the bloody business which informs / Thus to mine eyes.

Synonyms

* acquaint, apprise, notify * (act as informer) dob, name names, peach, snitch

Derived terms

* informant * information * informative * informatory * informed * informer * misinform * uninformed

Etymology 2

(etyl) (lena) informis

Adjective

(-)

Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.

(Cotton)