The difference between Frog and Paddock

When used as nouns, frog means a small tailless amphibian of the order anura that typically hops, whereas paddock means a small enclosure or field of grassland, especially for horses.

When used as verbs, frog means to hunt or trap frogs, whereas paddock means to provide with a paddock.


check bellow for the other definitions of Frog and Paddock

  1. Frog as a noun:

    A small tailless amphibian of the order Anura that typically hops.

  2. Frog as a noun:

    The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached.

  3. Frog as a noun (Cockney rhyming slang):

    Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad.

  4. Frog as a noun:

    The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.

  5. Frog as a noun:

    An organ on the bottom of a horse's hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.

  6. Frog as a noun (rail transport):

    The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running-rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse's hoof).

  1. Frog as a verb:

    To hunt or trap frogs.

  2. Frog as a verb (transitive, biology):

    To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate.

  3. Frog as a verb (transitive, cooking):

    To spatchcock (a chicken).

  1. Frog as a noun (offensive):

    A French person.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: baguette"

  2. Frog as a noun (Canada, offensive):

    A French-speaking person from Quebec.

  1. Frog as a noun:

    A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt.

  2. Frog as a noun:

    An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of an oblong button (covered with netted thread), toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop.

  1. Frog as a verb:

    To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs.

  1. Frog as a verb (transitive):

    To unravel (a knitted garment).

  1. Paddock as a noun:

    A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially for horses.

  2. Paddock as a noun (Australia, New Zealand):

    A field of grassland of any size, especially for keeping sheep or cattle.

  3. Paddock as a noun:

    An area where horses are paraded and mounted before a race and unsaddled after a race.

  4. Paddock as a noun:

    Land, fenced or otherwise delimited, which is most often part of a sheep or cattle property.

  5. Paddock as a noun (motor racing):

    An area at circuit where the racing vehicles are parked and worked on before and between races.

  1. Paddock as a verb (transitive):

    To provide with a paddock.

  2. Paddock as a verb (transitive):

    To keep in, or place in, a paddock.

  1. Paddock as a noun (archaic, or, dialectal):

    A frog or toad.

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