Duck vs. Mum — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Duck and Mum
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Duck
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.
Mum
One's mother
She often goes round to see her mum, who lives nearby
Jane worried all the way home about telling Mum
Duck
A waterbird with a broad blunt bill, short legs, webbed feet, and a waddling gait.
Mum
A cultivated chrysanthemum.
Duck
A pure white thin-shelled bivalve mollusc found off the Atlantic coasts of America.
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Mum
Silent.
Duck
An amphibious transport vehicle
Visitors can board an amphibious duck to explore the city
Mum
Act in a traditional masked mime or a mummers' play
After they had masked and mummed, away they went
Duck
A quick lowering of the head.
Mum
Not verbalizing; silent.
Duck
Dear; darling (used as an informal or affectionate form of address, especially among cockneys)
Where've yer been, ducks!
It's time you changed, my duck
Mum
Used as a command to stop speaking.
Duck
A strong linen or cotton fabric, used chiefly for work clothes and sails
Cotton duck
Mum
To act or play in a pantomime.
Duck
A batsman's score of nought
He was out for a duck
Mum
To go merrymaking in a mask or disguise especially during a festival.
Duck
Lower the head or the body quickly to avoid a blow or missile or so as not to be seen
Spectators ducked for cover
He ducked his head and entered
Mum
Mother.
Duck
Push or plunge (someone) under water, either playfully or as a punishment
Rufus grabbed him from behind to duck him under the surface
Mum
A chrysanthemum.
Duck
Refrain from playing a winning card on a particular trick for tactical reasons
Declarer ducked the opening spade lead
Mum
A strong beer originally brewed in Brunswick, Germany.
Duck
Any of various wild or domesticated waterbirds of the family Anatidae, characteristically having a broad flat bill, short legs, and webbed feet.
Mum
Mother.
Duck
A female duck.
Mum
Ma'am; a term of respect for an older woman.
Duck
The flesh of a duck used as food.
Mum
A chrysanthemum.
Duck
(Slang) A person, especially one thought of as peculiar.
Mum
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.
Duck
Often ducks (used with a sing. verb) Chiefly British A dear.
Mum
(obsolete) silence
Duck
A quick lowering of the head or body.
Mum
A type of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany.
Duck
A plunge under water.
Mum
(colloquial) Silent.
Duck
A durable, closely woven heavy cotton or linen fabric.
Mum
(colloquial) Secret.
Duck
Ducks Clothing made of duck, especially white pants.
Mum
Stop speaking!, stop talking!, hush!
Duck
An amphibious military truck used during World War II.
Mum
To act in a pantomime or dumb show.
Duck
A similar vehicle used for civilian purposes, as to evacuate flood victims or for sightseeing tours. In both senses also called DUKW.
Mum
Silent; not speaking; as, to keep mum.
The citizens are mum, and speak not a word.
Duck
To lower quickly, especially so as to avoid something
Ducked his head as the ball came toward him.
Mum
Be silent! Hush!
Mum, then, and no more.
Duck
To evade; dodge
Duck responsibility.
Ducked the reporter's question.
Mum
Silence.
Duck
To push (a person, for example) suddenly under water.
Mum
A sort of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany.
The clamorous crowd is hushed with mugs of mum.
Duck
In bridge, to deliberately play a card that is lower than (an opponent's card).
Mum
Of China
Duck
To lower the head or body.
Mum
Informal terms for a mother
Duck
To move swiftly, especially so as to escape being seen
Ducked behind a bush.
Mum
Secrecy;
Mum's the word
Duck
To submerge the head or body briefly in water.
Mum
Failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to;
The witness remained silent
Duck
To evade a responsibility or obligation. Often used with out
Duck out on one's family.
Duck
In bridge, to lose a trick by deliberately playing lower than one's opponent.
Duck
(intransitive) To quickly lower the head or body, often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
Duck! There's a branch falling off the tree!
Duck
(transitive) To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
Duck
(transitive) To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.
Duck
(intransitive) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.
Duck
(intransitive) To bow.
Duck
(transitive) To evade doing something.
Duck
(transitive) To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.
Duck
(intransitive) To enter a place for a short moment.
I'm just going to duck into the loo for a minute, can you hold my bag?
Duck
(caving) A cave passage containing water with low, or no, airspace.
Duck
An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
Duck
Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.
Duck
(uncountable) The flesh of a duck used as food.
Duck
(cricket) A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.)
Duck
(slang) A playing card with the rank of two.
Duck
A building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related.
A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly.
Duck
A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games.
Duck
(US) A cairn used to mark a trail.
Duck
One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve.
Duck
Synonym of lame duck
Duck
(medicine) A long-necked medical urinal for men.
Duck
A faggot; a meatball made from offal.
Duck
A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.
Duck
(in plural) Trousers made of such material.
Duck
A term of endearment; pet; darling.
Duck
(Midlands) Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).
Ay up duck, ow'a'tha?
Duck
A pet; a darling.
Duck
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.
Duck
The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates.
Duck
Any bird of the subfamily Anatinæ, family Anatidæ.
Duck
A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.
Here be, without duck or nod,Other trippings to be trod.
Duck
To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw.
Adams, after ducking the squire twice or thrice, leaped out of the tub.
Duck
To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy.
Duck
To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.
Duck
To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip.
In Tiber ducking thrice by break of day.
Duck
To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow.
The learned pateDucks to the golden fool.
Duck
Small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
Duck
(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman
Duck
Flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)
Duck
A heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents
Duck
To move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away;
Before he could duck, another stone struck him
Duck
Submerge or plunge suddenly
Duck
Dip into a liquid;
He dipped into the pool
Duck
Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues);
He dodged the issue
She skirted the problem
They tend to evade their responsibilities
He evaded the questions skillfully
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