The difference between Dodge and Duck
When used as nouns, dodge means an act of dodging, whereas duck means an aquatic bird of the family anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
When used as verbs, dodge means to avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way, whereas duck means to quickly lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
check bellow for the other definitions of Dodge and Duck
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Dodge as a verb (ambitransitive):
To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
Examples:
"He dodged traffic crossing the street."
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Dodge as a verb (transitive, figuratively):
To avoid; to sidestep.
Examples:
"The politician dodged the question with a meaningless reply."
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Dodge as a verb (archaic):
To go hither and thither.
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Dodge as a verb (photography):
To decrease the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them darker (compare ).
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Dodge as a verb (transitive):
To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
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Dodge as a verb (ambitransitive, dated):
To trick somebody.
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Dodge as a noun:
An act of dodging.
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Dodge as a noun:
A trick, evasion or wile.
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Dodge as a noun (slang):
A line of work.
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Duck as a verb (intransitive):
To quickly lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
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Duck as a verb (transitive):
To quickly lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
Examples:
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Duck as a verb (transitive):
To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.
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Duck as a verb (intransitive):
To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.
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Duck as a verb (intransitive):
To bow.
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Duck as a verb (transitive):
To evade doing something.
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Duck as a verb (transitive):
To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.
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Duck as a verb (intransitive, Australia):
To enter a place for a short moment.
Examples:
"I'm just going to duck into the loo for a minute, can you hold my bag?"
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Duck as a noun:
An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
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Duck as a noun:
Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.
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Duck as a noun (uncountable):
The flesh of a duck used as food.
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Duck as a noun (cricket):
A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.)
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Duck as a noun (slang):
A playing card with the rank of two.
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Duck as a noun:
A partly-flooded cave passage with limited air space.
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Duck as a noun:
A building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related.
Examples:
"A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly."
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Duck as a noun:
A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games.
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Duck as a noun (US):
A cairn used to mark a trail.
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Duck as a noun:
One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve.
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Duck as a noun:
A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.
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Duck as a noun (in plural):
Trousers made of such material.
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Duck as a noun:
; pet; darling.
Examples:
"And hold-fast is the only dog, my duck'' (William Shakespeare - The Life of King Henry the Fifth, Act 2, Scene 3)."
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Duck as a noun (Midlands):
Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).
Examples:
"Ay up duck, ow'a'tha?"