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Surd vs Turd - What's the difference?

surd | turd |

As nouns the difference between surd and turd

is that surd is cheerfulness, alacrity, eagerness while turd is (mildly|vulgar) a piece of solid animal or human feces.

surd

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (arithmetic) An irrational number, especially one expressed using the ? symbol.
  • (linguistics) A voiceless consonant.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Lacking the sense of hearing; deaf.
  • * Sir Thomas Brown
    • a surd generation
  • (obsolete) unheard
    • (Kenrick)
  • (math) Involving surds, or irrational numbers; not capable of being expressed in rational numbers.
    • a surd''' expression or quantity; a '''surd number
  • (phonetics) unvoiced; voiceless

    • Anagrams

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    turd

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mildly, vulgar) A piece of solid animal or human feces.
    • I went to the toilet to drop a turd .
  • A pejorative term, typically directed at a person.

    • Usage notes

    Whether it should be considered an especially vulgar insult is subject to judgment, but certainly it would have a broader acceptability than many vulgarities in common use today.