The difference between Fox and Tod
When used as nouns, fox means a red fox, small carnivore (vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail, whereas tod means a male fox.
When used as verbs, fox means to trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity, whereas tod means to weigh.
check bellow for the other definitions of Fox and Tod
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Fox as a noun:
A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail.
Examples:
"the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"
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Fox as a noun:
Any of numerous species of small wild canids resembling the red fox. In the taxonomy they form the tribe Vulpini within the family Canidae, consisting of nine genera (see the Wikipedia article on the fox).
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Fox as a noun:
The fur of a fox.
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Fox as a noun:
A fox terrier.
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Fox as a noun:
The , a fish, , so called from its yellow color.
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Fox as a noun:
A cunning person.
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Fox as a noun (slang):
A physically attractive man or woman.
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Fox as a noun (nautical):
A small strand of rope made by twisting several rope-yarns together. Used for seizings, mats, sennits, and gaskets.
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Fox as a noun (mechanics):
A wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it.
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Fox as a noun (cartomancy):
The fourteenth Lenormand card.
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Fox as a noun (obsolete):
A sword; so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.
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Fox as a verb (transitive):
To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
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Fox as a verb (transitive):
To confuse or baffle (someone).
Examples:
"This crossword puzzle has completely foxed me."
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Fox as a verb (intransitive):
To act slyly or craftily.
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Fox as a verb (intransitive):
To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity.
Examples:
"The pages of the book show distinct foxing."
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Fox as a verb (transitive):
To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
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Fox as a verb (intransitive):
To turn sour; said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
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Fox as a verb (transitive):
To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.
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Fox as a verb (transitive):
To repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.
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Tod as a noun (now, _, UK, _, dialect):
A fox. A male fox; a dog; a reynard.
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Tod as a noun:
Someone like a fox; a crafty person.
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Tod as a noun:
A bush, especially of ivy.
Examples:
"rfquotek Edmund Spenser"
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Tod as a noun:
An old English measure of weight, usually of wool, containing two stone or 28 pounds (13 kg).
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Tod as a verb (obsolete):
To weigh; to yield in tods.