The difference between Jerkwater and Podunk
When used as adjectives, jerkwater means of an inhabited place, small, insignificant, and backward, whereas podunk means small, rural, and unimportant.
Jerkwater is also noun with the meaning: a train on a branch line.
check bellow for the other definitions of Jerkwater and Podunk
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Jerkwater as a noun (US, historical):
A train on a branch line.
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Jerkwater as an adjective (US, colloquial, pejorative):
Of an inhabited place, small, insignificant, and backward.
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Podunk as an adjective (US):
Small, rural, and unimportant.