Prod vs Pierce - What's the difference?
prod | pierce |
To poke, to push, to touch.
To encourage, to prompt.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
, author=Michael Riordan
, title=Tackling Infinity
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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.
to puncture; to break through
* Dryden
to create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry
to break or interrupt abruptly
(figurative) To penetrate; to affect deeply.
* Alexander Pope
* Shakespeare
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 proper noun pierce is
, medieval variant of piers modern usage may also derive from the surname.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)
Derived terms
* cattle prodExternal links
*Anagrams
* *pierce
English
Verb
- The diver pierced the surface of the water with scarcely a splash.
- to pierce''' the enemy's line; a shot '''pierced the ship
- I pierce her tender side.
- Can you believe he pierced his tongue?
- A scream pierced the darkness.
- to pierce a mystery
- pierced with grief
- Can no prayers pierce thee?