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Sod vs Sed - What's the difference?

sod | sed |

As nouns the difference between sod and sed

is that sod is sodium while sed is (electronics) surface-conduction electron-emitter display.

sod

English

Etymology 1

(en)

Noun

(-)
  • (uncountable) That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.
  • * Collins
    • She there shall dress a sweeter sod / Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
  • Turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns.
    • The landscapers rolled sod onto the bare earth and made a presentable lawn by nightfall.
    Related terms
    * soddie

    Verb

    (sodd)
  • To cover with sod.
    • He sodded the worn areas twice a year.

    Etymology 2

    From sodomize, by shortening

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, vulgar) Sodomite; bugger.
  • (British, slang, mildly pejorative, formerly considered vulgar) A person, usually male; (often qualified with an adjective).
    • You mean old sod !
    poor sod
    unlucky sod
    Derived terms
    * Sod’s law

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (UK, vulgar) expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.

    • Verb

    (sodd)
  • (transitive, British, slang, vulgar) Bugger; sodomize.
  • (transitive, British, slang, vulgar) Damn, curse, confound.
    • Sod''' him!'', '''''Sod''' it!'', '''''Sod that bastard!
    Derived terms
    * sod off

    Etymology 3

    Originally a the past participle ((sodden)).

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) (seethe)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Boiled.
  • *, New York, 2001, p.223:
    • Beer, if it be over-new, or over-stale, over-strong, or not sod ,is most unwholesome, frets, and galls, etc.
  • (Australia, of bread) Sodden; incompletely risen.
    • sod damper

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Australia, colloquial) A damper (bread) which has failed to rise, remaining a flat lump.
  • * 1954 , Tom Ronan, Vision Splendid'', quoted in Tom Burton, ''Words in Your Ear , Wakefield Press (1999), ISBN 1-86254-475-1, page 120:
    • And Mart the cook the shovel took / And swung the damper to and fro. / 'Another sod , so help me God, / That's fourteen in a flamin' row.

    Etymology 4

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The rock dove.

    • Anagrams

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    sed

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (computing) A noninteractive text editor (originally developed in Unix), intended for making systematic edits in an automatic or batch-oriented way.

    • Verb

    (sedd)
  • (neologism, slang) To edit a file or stream of text using sed.
    • Can you sed out those trailing spaces, please?

    Anagrams

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