Prodded vs Prodder - What's the difference?
prodded | prodder |
(prod)
To poke, to push, to touch.
To encourage, to prompt.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
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, 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.
As a verb prodded
is (prod).As a noun prodder is
agent noun of prod; one who prods.prodded
English
Verb
(head)prod
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(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)
