The difference between Dodge and Fudge
When used as nouns, dodge means an act of dodging, whereas fudge means a type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream. often used in the us synonymously with chocolate fudge.
When used as verbs, dodge means to avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way, whereas fudge means to try to avoid giving a direct answer.
check bellow for the other definitions of Dodge and Fudge
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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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Fudge as a noun (chiefly, _, uncountable):
A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream. Often used in the US synonymously with chocolate fudge.
Examples:
"Have you tried the vanilla fudge? It's delicious!"
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Fudge as a noun (uncountable):
Light or frothy nonsense.
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Fudge as a noun (countable):
A deliberately misleading or vague answer.
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Fudge as a noun (uncountable, dated):
A made-up story; nonsense; humbug.
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Fudge as a noun (countable):
A less than perfect decision or solution; an attempt to fix an incorrect solution after the fact.
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Fudge as a verb (intransitive):
To try to avoid giving a direct answer; to waffle or equivocate.
Examples:
"When I asked them if they had been at the party, they fudged."
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Fudge as a verb:
To alter something from its true state, as to hide a flaw or uncertainty. Always deliberate, but not necessarily dishonest or immoral.
Examples:
"The results of the experiment looked impressive, but it turned out the numbers had been fudged."
"I had to fudge the lighting to get the color to look good."
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Fudge as a verb (dated, ambitransitive):
To botch or bungle something.
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Fudge as a verb:
To cheat, especially in the game of marbles.