Duck vs. Elephant: What's the Difference?

Any of various wild or domesticated waterbirds of the family Anatidae, characteristically having a broad flat bill, short legs, and webbed feet.

Any of several very large herbivorous mammals of the family Elephantidae native to Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, having thick, almost hairless skin, a long, flexible, prehensile trunk, upper incisors forming long curved tusks of ivory, and, in the African species, large fan-shaped ears.

A female duck.

Any of various extinct animals of the family Elephantidae.

The flesh of a duck used as food.

A mammal of the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and two large ivory tusks jutting from the upper jaw.

(Slang) A person, especially one thought of as peculiar.

(in particular) Any member of the subfamily Elephantinae not also of the genera Mammuthus and Primelephas.

Often ducks (used with a sing. verb) Chiefly British A dear.

(figuratively) Anything huge and ponderous.

A quick lowering of the head or body.

Synonym of elephant paper

A plunge under water.

Used when counting to add length, so that each count takes about one second

A durable, closely woven heavy cotton or linen fabric.

Ivory.

Ducks Clothing made of duck, especially white pants.

(xiangqi) A xiangqi piece, that is moved two points diagonally, may not jump over intervening pieces and may not cross the river.

An amphibious military truck used during World War II.

A mammal of the order Proboscidia and family Elephantidae, of which two living species, Elephas maximus (formerly Elephas Indicus) and Loxodonta Africana (formerly E. Africanus), and several fossil species, are known. They have five toes, a long proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants are the largest land animals now existing. The elephant is classed as a pachyderm.

A similar vehicle used for civilian purposes, as to evacuate flood victims or for sightseeing tours. In both senses also called DUKW.

Ivory; the tusk of the elephant.

To lower quickly, especially so as to avoid something

Five-toed pachyderm

To evade; dodge

The symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874

To push (a person, for example) suddenly under water.

In bridge, to deliberately play a card that is lower than (an opponent's card).

To lower the head or body.

To move swiftly, especially so as to escape being seen

To submerge the head or body briefly in water.

To evade a responsibility or obligation. Often used with out

In bridge, to lose a trick by deliberately playing lower than one's opponent.

(intransitive) To quickly lower the head or body, often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

(transitive) To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

(transitive) To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.

(intransitive) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.

(intransitive) To bow.

(transitive) To evade doing something.

(transitive) To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.

(intransitive) To enter a place for a short moment.

(caving) A cave passage containing water with low, or no, airspace.

An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.

Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.

(uncountable) The flesh of a duck used as food.

(cricket) A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.)

(slang) A playing card with the rank of two.

A building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related.

A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games.

(US) A cairn used to mark a trail.

One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve.

Synonym of lame duck

(medicine) A long-necked medical urinal for men.

A faggot; a meatball made from offal.

A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.

(in plural) Trousers made of such material.

A term of endearment; pet; darling.

(Midlands) Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).

A pet; a darling.

A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas, - used for the lighter sails of vessels, the sacking of beds, and sometimes for men's clothing.

The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates.

Any bird of the subfamily Anatinæ, family Anatidæ.

A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.

To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw.

To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy.

To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.

To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip.

To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow.

Small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs

(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman

Flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)

A heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents

To move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away;

Submerge or plunge suddenly

Dip into a liquid;

Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues);