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Pushing vs Prodding - What's the difference?

pushing | prodding |

As verbs the difference between pushing and prodding

is that pushing is while prodding is .

As nouns the difference between pushing and prodding

is that pushing is the act by which something is pushed while prodding is the act of giving a prod.

As an adjective pushing

is that pushes forward; pressing, driving.

pushing

English

Verb

(head)
  • Dealing illicit drugs, especially to minors.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That pushes forward; pressing, driving.
  • Aggressively assertive; pushy.
  • *1890 , (Oscar Wilde), (The Picture of Dorian Gray) , Ch.XV:
  • *:Mrs. Erlynne, a pushing nobody, with a delightful lisp and Venetian-red hair
  • *
  • *:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is pushed.
  • Anagrams

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    prodding

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of giving a prod.
  • *
  • perfunctory proddings and pokings