Duck vs. Mum — What's the Difference?

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.

One's mother

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

A cultivated chrysanthemum.

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

Silent.

An amphibious transport vehicle

Act in a traditional masked mime or a mummers' play

A quick lowering of the head.

Not verbalizing; silent.

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

Used as a command to stop speaking.

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

To act or play in a pantomime.

A batsman's score of nought

To go merrymaking in a mask or disguise especially during a festival.

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

Mother.

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

A chrysanthemum.

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

A strong beer originally brewed in Brunswick, Germany.

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

Mother.

A female duck.

Ma'am; a term of respect for an older woman.

The flesh of a duck used as food.

A chrysanthemum.

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

A decoration made originally of a real chrysanthemum but now usually an artificial (silk) flower combined with ribbons and marked with such indicators as the wearer's name, school name, the year, and so on; traditionally worn by girls at high school homecoming celebrations.

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

(obsolete) silence

A quick lowering of the head or body.

A type of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany.

A plunge under water.

(colloquial) Silent.

A durable, closely woven heavy cotton or linen fabric.

(colloquial) Secret.

Ducks Clothing made of duck, especially white pants.

Stop speaking!, stop talking!, hush!

An amphibious military truck used during World War II.

To act in a pantomime or dumb show.

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

Silent; not speaking; as, to keep mum.

To lower quickly, especially so as to avoid something

Be silent! Hush!

To evade; dodge

Silence.

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

A sort of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany.

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

Of China

To lower the head or body.

Informal terms for a mother

To move swiftly, especially so as to escape being seen

Secrecy;

To submerge the head or body briefly in water.

Failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to;

To evade a responsibility or obligation. Often used with out

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

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

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

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

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

(intransitive) To bow.

(transitive) To evade doing something.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(US) A cairn used to mark a trail.

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);