Dud vs. Dub — What's the Difference?

A dud is an ammunition round or explosive that fails to fire or detonate, respectively, on time or on command. Poorly designed devices (for example, improvised explosive devices (IEDs)), and small devices, have higher chances of being duds.Duds are still dangerous, and can explode if handled.

To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood.

A bomb, shell, or explosive round that fails to detonate.

To honor with a new title or description.

(Informal) One that is disappointingly ineffective or unsuccessful.

To give a name to facetiously or playfully; nickname.

Clothing.

To strike, cut, or rub (timber or leather, for example) so as to make even or smooth.

Personal belongings.

To dress (a fowl).

(informal) A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.

To execute (a golf stroke, for example) poorly.

(informal) A failure of any kind.

To thrust at; poke.

(informal) A loser; an unlucky person.

To beat (a drum).

A lottery ticket that does not give a payout.

To make a thrust.

Clothes, now always used in plural form duds.

To beat on a drum.

Someone who is unsuccessful

To transfer (recorded material) onto a new recording medium.

An explosion that fails to occur

To copy (a record or tape).

An event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual;

To insert a new soundtrack, often a synchronized translation of the original dialogue, into (a film).

Failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive;

To add (sound) into a film or tape

An awkward person or player; a bungler.

The act of dubbing.

A drumbeat.

The new sounds added by dubbing.

A dubbed copy of a tape or record.

A mostly instrumental style of music originating in Jamaica, produced by remixing existing recordings to emphasize drum and bass rhythms and adding audio effects.

A puddle or small pool.

(transitive) To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with a sword.

(transitive) To name, to entitle, to call.

(transitive) To deem.

To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.

(heading) To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab.

To dress with an adze.

To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.

To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of currying it.

To dress a fishing fly.

To prepare (a gamecock) for fighting, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.

To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.

To do something badly.

(golf) To execute a shot poorly.

To add sound to film or change audio on film.

To make a copy from an original or master audio tape.

To replace the original soundtrack of a film with a synchronized translation

To mix audio tracks to produce a new sound; to remix.

To open or close.

(rare) A blow, thrust, or poke.

An unskillful, awkward person.

A mostly instrumental remix with all or part of the vocals removed.

A style of reggae music involving mixing of different audio tracks.

A trend in music starting in 2009, in which bass distortion is synced off timing to electronic dance music.

A piece of graffiti in metallic colour with a thick black outline.

(countable) The replacement of a voice part in a movie or cartoon, particularly with a translation; an instance of dubbing.

A pool or puddle.

(slang) A twenty-dollar sack of marijuana.

(slang) A wheel rim measuring 20 inches or more.

A lock.

A key, especially a master key; a lockpick.

To confer knighthood upon; as, the king dubbed his son Henry a knight.

To invest with any dignity or new character; to entitle; to call.

To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.

To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab;

To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.

To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.

To add sound to an existing recording, audio or video; - often used with in. The sound may be of any type or of any duration.

To mix together two or more sound or video recordings to produce a composite recording.

A blow.

A pool or puddle.

Give a nickname to

Provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language

Raise (someone) to knighthood;