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Rudder vs Pudder - What's the difference?

rudder | pudder |

As nouns the difference between rudder and pudder

is that rudder is (nautical) an underwater vane used to steer a vessel the rudder is controlled by means of a wheel, tiller or other apparatus (modern vessels can be controlled even with a joystick or an autopilot) while pudder is a confused noise; turmoil; bustle; tumult.

As a verb pudder is

to perplex; to embarrass; to confuse; to bother.

rudder

English

Noun

(wikipedia rudder) (en noun)
  • (nautical) An underwater vane used to steer a vessel. The rudder is controlled by means of a wheel, tiller or other apparatus (modern vessels can be controlled even with a joystick or an autopilot).
  • (aeronautics) A control surface on the vertical stabilizer of a fixed-wing aircraft or an autogyro. On some craft, the entire vertical stabilizer comprises the rudder. The rudder is controlled by foot-operated control pedals.
  • A riddle or sieve.
  • (figurative) That which resembles a rudder as a guide or governor; that which guides or governs the course.
  • * Hudibras
    • For rhyme the rudder is of verses.

    Derived terms

    * balance rudder * bow rudder * drop rudder * rudder blade * rudder chain * rudder coat * rudderfish * rudderhead * rudder pendants

    See also

    * tiller

    pudder

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A confused noise; turmoil; bustle; tumult.
  • * Milton
    • All in a pudder .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To perplex; to embarrass; to confuse; to bother.
    • (John Locke)
  • To make a tumult or bustle; to splash; to make a pother or fuss.
  • * Barrow
    • Puddering in the designs or doings of others.
  • * Holland
    • Others pudder into their food with their broad nebs.
    (Webster 1913)