Deck vs. Duck — What's the Difference?

A platform extending horizontally from one side of a ship to the other.

Duck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae. Ducks are generally smaller and shorter-necked than swans and geese, which are also members of the same family.

A platform or surface likened to a ship's deck.

A waterbird with a broad blunt bill, short legs, webbed feet, and a waddling gait.

An unroofed platform, typically with a railing, that adjoins a building or is built on a rooftop.

A pure white thin-shelled bivalve mollusc found off the Atlantic coasts of America.

The roadway of a bridge or an elevated freeway.

An amphibious transport vehicle

The piece of hard material, usually wood or composite, to which the frames housing the wheels are attached on a skateboard or landboard.

A quick lowering of the head.

A pack of playing cards.

Dear; darling (used as an informal or affectionate form of address, especially among cockneys)

A group of data processing cards.

A strong linen or cotton fabric, used chiefly for work clothes and sails

A digital file containing slides for a presentation.

A batsman's score of nought

A tape deck.

Lower the head or the body quickly to avoid a blow or missile or so as not to be seen

To furnish with or as if with a deck.

Push or plunge (someone) under water, either playfully or as a punishment

(Slang) To knock down

Refrain from playing a winning card on a particular trick for tactical reasons

To clothe with finery; adorn. Often used with out

Any of various wild or domesticated waterbirds of the family Anatidae, characteristically having a broad flat bill, short legs, and webbed feet.

To decorate

A female duck.

Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.

The flesh of a duck used as food.

(nautical) The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.

(Slang) A person, especially one thought of as peculiar.

(aviation) A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane.

Often ducks (used with a sing. verb) Chiefly British A dear.

(cards) A pack or set of playing cards.

A quick lowering of the head or body.

A set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing.

A plunge under water.

(journalism) A headline consisting of one or more actual lines of text.

A durable, closely woven heavy cotton or linen fabric.

A set of slides for a presentation.

Ducks Clothing made of duck, especially white pants.

(obsolete) A heap or store.

An amphibious military truck used during World War II.

(slang) A folded paper used for distributing illicit drugs.

A similar vehicle used for civilian purposes, as to evacuate flood victims or for sightseeing tours. In both senses also called DUKW.

(colloquial) The floor.

To lower quickly, especially so as to avoid something

(theatre) The stage.

To evade; dodge

(uncommon) To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.

To push (a person, for example) suddenly under water.

(informal) To knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch.

In bridge, to deliberately play a card that is lower than (an opponent's card).

(card games) To cause a player to run out of cards to draw, usually making them lose the game.

To lower the head or body.

To dress (someone) up, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance.

To move swiftly, especially so as to escape being seen

To decorate (something).

To submerge the head or body briefly in water.

(transitive) To cover; to overspread.

To evade a responsibility or obligation. Often used with out

To cover; to overspread.

In bridge, to lose a trick by deliberately playing lower than one's opponent.

To dress, as the person; to clothe; especially, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance; to array; to adorn; to embellish.

(intransitive) To quickly lower the head or body, often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.

(transitive) To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

To knock down (a person) with a forceful blow; as, He decked his opponent with a single punch.

(transitive) To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.

The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.

(intransitive) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.

The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat.

(intransitive) To bow.

The roof of a passenger car.

(transitive) To evade doing something.

A pack or set of playing cards.

(transitive) To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.

A heap or store.

(intransitive) To enter a place for a short moment.

A main aëroplane surface, esp. of a biplane or multiplane.

(caving) A cave passage containing water with low, or no, airspace.

The portion of a bridge which serves as the roadway.

An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.

A flat platform adjacent to a house, usually without a roof; - it is typically used for relaxing out of doors, outdoor cooking, or entertaining guests.

Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.

Any of various floor-like platforms built into a vessel

(uncountable) The flesh of a duck used as food.

Street name for a packet of illegal drugs

(cricket) A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.)

A pack of 52 playing cards

(slang) A playing card with the rank of two.

A porch that resembles the deck on a ship

A building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related.

Be beautiful to look at;

A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games.

Decorate;

(US) A cairn used to mark a trail.

Knock down with force;

One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve.

Synonym of lame duck

(medicine) A long-necked medical urinal for men.

A faggot; a meatball made from offal.

A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.

(in plural) Trousers made of such material.

A term of endearment; pet; darling.

(Midlands) Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).

A pet; a darling.

A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas, - used for the lighter sails of vessels, the sacking of beds, and sometimes for men's clothing.

The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates.

Any bird of the subfamily Anatinæ, family Anatidæ.

A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.

To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw.

To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy.

To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.

To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip.

To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow.

Small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs

(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman

Flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)

A heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents

To move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away;

Submerge or plunge suddenly

Dip into a liquid;

Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues);