Potato vs. Spud

Potato vs. Spud — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Potato and Spud

Potatonoun

A plant tuber, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe

Spudnoun

(obsolete) A dagger.

Potatonoun

A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking

Spudnoun

A tool, similar to a spade, used for digging out weeds etc.

Potatonoun

(humorous) A camera that takes poor-quality pictures.

Spudnoun

(tools) A barking spud; a long-handled tool for removing bark from logs.

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Potatonoun

A mentally handicapped person.

Spudnoun

(informal) A potato.

Potatonoun

an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

Spudnoun

A hole in a sock.

Potatonoun

annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous

Spudnoun

A type of short nut (fastener) threaded on both ends.

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Spudnoun

(obsolete) Anything short and thick.

Spudnoun

A piece of dough boiled in fat.

Spudnoun

A testicle.

Spudverb

(drilling) To begin drilling an oil well; to drill by moving the drill bit and shaft up and down, or by raising and dropping a bit.

Spudverb

(roofing) To remove the roofing aggregate and most of the bituminous top coating by scraping and chipping.

Spudverb

(camping) To set up a recreational vehicle (RV) at a campsite, typically by leveling the RV and connecting it to electric, water, and/or sewer hookups.

Spudproper noun

A game for three or more players, involving the gradual elimination of players by throwing and catching a ball.

Spudnoun

an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

Spudnoun

a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds

Spudverb

initiate onsite drilling operations, as for petroleum;

The well was spudded in April

Spudverb

produce buds, branches, or germinate;

the potatoes sprouted