Rad vs Wad - What's the difference?
rad | wad |
(metrology) A non-SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation, equal to 0.01 gray.
(automotive, plumbing, slang)
An amorphous, compact mass.
A substantial pile (normally of money).
A soft plug or seal, particularly as used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge.
(slang) A sandwich.
(vulgar, slang) An ejaculate of semen.
(mineralogy) Any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits.
To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.
(Ulster) To wager.
To insert or force a wad into.
To stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton.
As verbs the difference between rad and wad
is that rad is while wad is third person singular of.rad
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (metrology) rd (abbreviation)See also
* deg * gradAnagrams
* * * ----wad
English
(wikipedia wad)Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Our cat loves to play with a small wad of paper.
- With a wad of cash like that, she should not have been walking round Manhattan
Derived terms
* (ejaculate) blow one's wad, shoot one's wadSee also
* (Wad)Verb
(wadd)- She wadded up the scrap of paper and threw it in the trash.
- to wad a gun
- to wad a cloak