different between fodder vs inspiration

English

Etymology

From Middle English fodder, foder, from Old English f?dor (“feed; fodder”), from Proto-Germanic *f?dr? (compare Saterland Frisian Fodder, West Frisian foer, Dutch voer (“pasture; fodder”), German Futter (“fodder; feed”), Danish foder, Swedish foder), from *f?dô 'food', from Proto-Indo-European *peh?- (“to guard, graze, feed”). More at food.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?d?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?d?/
• Rhymes: -?d?(?)
• Hyphenation: fod?der

Noun

fodder (countable and uncountable, plural fodders)

1. Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
   • 1598?, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona,Act I, scene I:

     The sheep for fodder follow the shepherd, the shepherd for food follows not the sheep.

2. (historical) A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities, generally around 1000 kg.
3. (slang, drafting, design) Tracing paper.
4. (figuratively) Stuff; material; something that serves as inspiration or encouragement, especially for satire or humour.

   • According to the audio commentary on “Treehouse Of Horror III,” some of the creative folks at The Simpsons were concerned that the “Treehouse Of Horror” franchise had outworn its welcome and was rapidly running out of classic horror or science-fiction fodder to spoof.

5. (cryptic crosswords) The text to be operated on (anagrammed, etc.) within a clue.
   • 2009, "Colin Blackburn", another 1-off cryptic clue. (on newsgroup rec.puzzles.crosswords)

     In (part of) Shelley's poem Ozymandias is a "crumbling statue". If this is the explanation then the clue is not a reverse cryptic in the same was^[sic] as GEGS -> SCRAMBLED EGGS but a normal clue where where^[sic] the fodder and anagrind are *both* indirect.

Synonyms

• (animal food): forage, provender
• (cartload): See load

Hyponyms

• (cartload): See load

Derived terms

• cannon fodder
• jail fodder
• fodder radish
• background fodder

Translations

Verb

fodder (third-person singular simple present fodders, present participle foddering, simple past and past participle foddered)

1. (dialect) To feed animals (with fodder).

   • Straw will do well enough to fodder them with

Anagrams

• forded

Middle English

Alternative forms

• foddre, fodre, foder, fodyr, foddur, voddur

Etymology

From Old English f?dor. Doublet of fother.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fo?d?r/

Noun

fodder (uncountable)

1. fodder

Descendants

• English: fodder
• Scots: foder, fodder, fother, fothir

References

• “fodder, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-18.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French inspiration, from Late Latin ?nsp?r?ti?nem (nominative: ?nsp?r?ti?), from Latin ?nsp?r?tus (past participle of insp?r?).Morphologically inspire +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nsp???e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

inspiration (countable and uncountable, plural inspirations)

1. (physiology, uncountable) The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of respiration.
2. (countable) A breath, a single inhalation.
   • 1826, John Bostock, An Elementary System of Physiology, p. 220:

     Laughing is produced by an inspiration succeeded by a succession of short imperfect expirations.
3. A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies people to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.
   • 1688, Jacques Bénigne Bossuet, The History of the Variations of the Protestant Churches Vol.2 (1829 translation), p. 355:

     The question, therefore, at issue is, not whether those external means be sufficient without grace and divine inspiration, for none pretends that": but, in order to hinder men from feigning or imagining an inspiration, whether it has not been God's economy, and his usual conduct to make his inspiration walk hand in hand with certain means of fact, which men can neither feign in the air without being convicted of falsehood, nor imagine without illusion.

   • 1971, Peter Brown, The World of Late Antiquity: AD 150—750, Thames & Hudson LTD (2013 reprint), ?ISBN, page 54.

     The more strongly people felt about their ideas, the more potent the demons seemed to them: Christians believed that traditional paganism, far from being the work of men, was an 'opium of the masses', pumped into the human race by the non-human demons; and one scholar even ascribed bad reviews of his book to demonic inspiration!

4. The act of an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.

   Usage notes: In this sense, it may be followed by the adposition to in relation to the person being influenced, and for or to in relation to the idea or activity:

   • 1865, George Duffield, The Nation's Wail, p. 6:

     We caught the inspiration of his joy; and imagination painted a glorious future near at hand for our land, quickly to develop itself under the guidance of his fostering wisdom, and fraternal counsels and care.

   • 1998, David Allen Brown, Leonardo da Vinci: Origins of a Genius, p. 25:

     All this suggests that Andrea may, like the authors of the devotional panel, the fresco, and the print – and like Leonardo, as we shall see – have found his inspiration in Pollaiuolo.

   • 2002, Sven Rasegård, Man and Science: A Web of Systems and Social Conventions, p. 2:

     And now it is time for problem solving which, if successful, will create new ideas serving as an inspiration source for future research objects of the researcher in question as well as other researchers within the same field.

   • 2013, Phil McNulty, "Liverpool 1-0 Man Utd", BBC Sport, 1 September 2013:

     As for United, this was a performance lacking in inspiration, purpose and threat and once again underlined the urgency for transfer business to be done in the closing hours of the transfer window.

5. A person, object, or situation which quickens or stimulates an influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.
   • 2008 April 5, George W. Bush, Presidential Radio Address:

     The people of Ukraine and Georgia are an inspiration to the world, and I was pleased that this week NATO declared that Ukraine and Georgia will become members of NATO.

6. A new idea, especially one which arises suddenly and is clever or creative.
   • 1916, Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton, Mrs. Balfame, ch. 15:

     Mrs. Balfame had an inspiration. "My God!" she exclaimed, springing to her feet, "the murderer . . . was hidden in the cellar or attic all night, all the next day! He may be here yet!"

   • 2007 July 1, Sylviane Gold, "Scenery Chewer Plays It Straight, Methodically," New York Times (retrieved 3 Sept. 2013):

     [H]e accompanied her to a rehearsal of a skit satirizing “Casablanca,” and the director had an inspiration: Wouldn’t it be a laugh to cast a 10-year-old as Rick?

Synonyms

• (physiology): inhalation
• (stimulation of creativity or intellect): spark, flash, eureka

Antonyms

• (physiology): expiration

Derived terms

Related terms

• inspire

Translations

See also

• Muse
• Pierian spring

References

• inspiration in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Etymology

From Old French inspiration, borrowed from Late Latin ?nsp?r?ti?nem (nominative: ?nsp?r?ti?), from Latin ?nsp?r?tus (past participle of insp?r?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s.pi.?a.sj??/

Noun

inspiration f (plural inspirations)

1. inspiration (instance of breathing in)
2. inspiration (divine intervention)
3. inspiration (something which brings about creativity or perseverance)

See also

• inspirer

Further reading

• “inspiration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin inspirationem (nominative: inspiratio), from Latin inspiratus (past participle of insp?r?).

Noun

inspiration f (oblique plural inspirations, nominative singular inspiration, nominative plural inspirations)

1. inspiration (act of breathing in)
2. inspiration (something which inspires)

Descendants

• ? English: inspiration
• French: inspiration

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (inspiracion)