The difference between Potato and Spud
When used as nouns, potato means a plant tuber, solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the americas and europe, whereas spud means a dagger.
Spud is also proper_noun with the meaning: a game for three or more players, involving the gradual elimination of players by throwing and catching a ball.
Spud is also verb with the meaning: to begin drilling an oil well.
check bellow for the other definitions of Potato and Spud
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Potato as a noun:
A plant tuber, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe
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Potato as a noun (informal, UK):
A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking
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Potato as a noun (humorous):
A camera that takes poor-quality pictures.
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Potato as a noun (slang, offensive):
A mentally handicapped person.
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Spud as a noun (obsolete):
A dagger.
Examples:
"rfquotek Holland"
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Spud as a noun:
A tool, similar to a spade, used for digging out weeds etc.
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Spud as a noun (tools):
A barking spud; a long-handled tool for removing bark from logs.
Examples:
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Spud as a noun (informal):
A potato.
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Spud as a noun:
A hole in a sock.
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Spud as a noun:
A type of short nut (fastener) threaded on both ends.
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Spud as a noun (obsolete):
Anything short and thick.
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Spud as a noun (obsolete, US, dialect):
A piece of dough boiled in fat.
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Spud as a noun (slang, usually plural):
A testicle.
Examples:
"a kick in the spuds"
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Spud as a verb (drilling):
To begin drilling an oil well; to drill by moving the drill bit and shaft up and down, or by raising and dropping a bit.
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Spud as a verb (roofing):
To remove the roofing aggregate and most of the bituminous top coating by scraping and chipping.
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Spud as a verb (camping):
To set up a recreational vehicle (RV) at a campsite, typically by leveling the RV and connecting it to electric, water, and/or sewer hookups.