different between pod vs pow

English

Etymology

From Middle English *pod ("seed-pod, husk, shell"; attested in pod-ware (“legume seed; seed grain”)), possibly from Old English p?d (“an outer garment, covering, coat, cloak”), from Proto-West Germanic *paidu, from Proto-Germanic *paid? (“coat, smock, shirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *baiteh?- (“woolen clothes”). Cognate with Old Saxon p?da (“skirt”), German dialectal Pfeid, Pfeit (“shirt”), Gothic ???????????????????? (paida, “mantle, skirt”), Albanian petk (“gown, garment, dress, suit”), Ancient Greek ????? (baít?, “goat-skin, fur-coat, tent”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?d/
• Rhymes: -?d
• Homophone: pawed (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Noun

pod (plural pods)

1. (botany) A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod.

   Synonyms: capsule, case, container, hull, husk, shell, seedpod, vessel

2. A small vehicle, especially used in emergency situations.
3. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A bag; a pouch.
4. (collective, zoology) A group of whales, dolphins, seals, porpoises or hippopotami.

   Synonym: gam

5. A small section of a larger office, compartmentalised for a specific purpose.
6. A subsection of a prison, containing a number of inmates.
7. A nicotine cartridge.
8. A lie-flat business or first class seat.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• like two peas in a pod

Translations

Verb

pod (third-person singular simple present pods, present participle podding, simple past and past participle podded)

1. (intransitive) To bear or produce pods
2. (transitive) To remove peas from their case.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To put into a pod or to enter a pod.
4. (intransitive) To swell or fill.

Translations

Anagrams

• DOP, DPO, ODP, PDO, dop

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pod

Adverb

pod

1. (focus) also; too
2. (after a negative) either

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pod?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pot/

Preposition

pod + instrumental

1. below

   Synonym: pode

   Antonym: nad

Further reading

• pod in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• pod in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Lower Sorbian

Preposition

pod

1. Superseded spelling of pód.

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pod?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?pó + *d?h?-o-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (isolated) /p?t/
• Homophone: pot

Preposition

pod

1. (+ instrumental) below, beneath, under, underneath (denotes location)

2. (+ accusative) below, beneath, under, underneath (denotes movement)
3. (+ accusative) against

4. (+ instrumental) near

Related terms

• pode

Further reading

• pod in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• pod in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pod?.

Noun

pod n (plural poduri)

1. bridge
2. attic

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• mansard?
• punte

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *pod?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pôd/

Noun

p?d m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. floor

2. ground

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *pod?.

Alternative forms

• poda (enclitic pronominal form)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pôd/

Preposition

p?d (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (+ accusative case) under, beneath (with change of position, answering the question kùda)

   Antonyms: ?znad, n?d

2. (+ instrumental case) under, beneath (stationary, answering the question gdj?/gd?)

   Antonyms: ?znad, n?d

3. (+ instrumental case) under, beneath (being in a particular condition)

4. (+ accusative case) near, toward, in (temporal, with nouns denoting a final temporal segment)

5. (+ instrumental case) during (temporal)

6. (+ accusative case) as, instead of, in lieu of

7. miscellaneous idiomatic meanings

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?t/

Preposition

pod + instrumental

1. below

   Synonym: podo

   Antonym: nad

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??t/

Noun

p?d m inan

1. floor (lower part of a room)

   Synonym: tla

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• spodaj

Volapük

Noun

pod (nominative plural pods)

1. apple

Declension

English

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?

Interjection

pow

1. The sound of a violent impact, such as a punch.
2. The sound of an explosion.

Translations

Noun

pow (plural pows)

1. The sound of a violent impact.
2. The sound of an explosion.

Translations

Etymology 2

Variant forms.

Noun

pow (plural pows)

1. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) Alternative form of poll
   • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 24:

     he'd snuffle round the door till the few remaining hairs on the bald pow of Munro would fair rise on end.

2. (skiing slang) Clipping of powder (“powder snow”).

Anagrams

• WOP, Wop, wop

Cornish

Noun

pow m (plural powyow)

1. country, land
2. province, region

Scots

Etymology

Scots form of English poll.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?u/

Noun

pow (plural pows)

1. head (of a human, animal, flower etc.)

   Three times the carline grain'd and rifted, / Then frae the cod her pow she lifted. Three times the old woman groaned and belched, then from the pillow her head she lifted. (Allan Ramsay, ‘Lucky Spence's Last Advice’)