Puck vs. Duck

Puck vs. Duck — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Puck and Duck

Pucknoun

A mischievous or hostile spirit.

Duckverb

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

Pucknoun

(ice hockey) A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game.

Duckverb

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

Pucknoun

An object shaped like a puck.

Duckverb

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

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Pucknoun

(computing) A pointing device with a crosshair.

Duckverb

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

Pucknoun

A penalty shot.

Duckverb

(intransitive) To bow.

Pucknoun

billy goat

Duckverb

(transitive) To evade doing something.

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Pucknoun

A body position between the pike and tuck positions, with knees slightly bent and folded in; open tuck.

Duckverb

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

Puckverb

To hit, strike.

Duckverb

To enter a place for a short moment.

I'm just going to duck into the loo for a minute, can you hold my bag?

Pucknoun

a mischievous sprite of English folklore

Ducknoun

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

Pucknoun

a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey

Ducknoun

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

Ducknoun

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

Ducknoun

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

Ducknoun

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

Ducknoun

A partly-flooded cave passage with limited air space.

Ducknoun

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

A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly.

Ducknoun

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

Ducknoun

(US) A cairn used to mark a trail.

Ducknoun

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

Ducknoun

A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.

Ducknoun

(in plural) Trousers made of such material.

Ducknoun

A term of endearment; pet; darling.

And hold-fast is the only dog, my duck (William Shakespeare - The Life of King Henry the Fifth, Act 2, Scene 3).

Ducknoun

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

Ay up duck, ow'a'tha?

Ducknoun

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

Ducknoun

(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman

Ducknoun

flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)

Ducknoun

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

Duckverb

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

Before he could duck, another stone struck him

Duckverb

submerge or plunge suddenly

Duckverb

dip into a liquid;

He dipped into the pool

Duckverb

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

He dodged the issueshe skirted the problemThey tend to evade their responsibilitieshe evaded the questions skillfully