Prick vs. Prod — What's the Difference?

Make a small hole in (something) with a sharp point; pierce slightly

Used as a disparaging term for a Protestant.

(especially of a horse or dog) make (the ears) stand erect when on the alert

A pointed object used to prod

An act of piercing something with a sharp point

An incitement; a stimulus.

A man's penis.

To jab or poke, as with a pointed object.

A spiked stick used for driving oxen.

To goad to action; incite.

The act of piercing or pricking.

(transitive) To poke, to push, to touch.

The sensation of being pierced or pricked.

To encourage, to prompt.

A persistent or sharply painful feeling of sorrow or remorse.

(transitive) To prick with a goad.

A small, sharp, local pain, such as that made by a needle or bee sting.

A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.

A small mark or puncture made by a pointed object.

A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.

A pointed object, such as an ice pick, goad, or thorn.

A poke.

Chiefly British A hare's track or footprint.

A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.

Vulgar Slang A penis.

A production; a created work.

Vulgar Slang A person considered to be mean or contemptible, especially a man.

A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a goad, an awl, a skewer, etc.

To puncture lightly.

A prick or stab which a pointed instrument.

To make (a hole) by puncturing something.

A light kind of crossbow; - in the sense, often spelled prodd.

To spur (a horse).

To thrust some pointed instrument into; to prick with something sharp; as, to prod a soldier with a bayonet; to prod oxen; hence, to goad, to incite, to worry; as, to prod a student.

To affect with a mental or emotional pang, as of sorrow or remorse

A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something;

To impel as if with a spur; stimulate or provoke.

A pointed instrument used to prod into motion

To mark or delineate on a surface by means of small punctures

To push against gently;

To pierce the quick of (a horse's hoof) while shoeing.

Urge on; cause to act;

To transplant (seedlings, for example) before final planting.

Poke or thrust abruptly;

To cause to stand erect or point upward

To pierce or puncture something or cause a pricking feeling.

To feel a pang or twinge from being pricked.

To spur a horse on.

To ride at a gallop.

To stand erect; point upward

A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.

An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.

(obsolete) A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point.

(obsolete) A tiny particle; a small amount of something; a jot.

A small pointed object.

The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object.

A feeling of remorse.

The penis.

Someone (especially a man or boy) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.

A small roll of yarn or tobacco.

The footprint of a hare.

(obsolete) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour.

(obsolete) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.

(transitive) To pierce or puncture slightly.

(farriery) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.

To shoot without killing.

(transitive) To form by piercing or puncturing.

(obsolete) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.

To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).

To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.

To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.

To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture.

(ambitransitive) To make or become sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; said especially of the ears of an animal, such as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up.

(horticulture) Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.

(transitive) To incite, stimulate, goad.

To urge one's horse on; to ride quickly.

To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.

(transitive) To make acidic or pungent.

(intransitive) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.

To aim at a point or mark.

To dress or adorn; to prink.

That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer.

The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse.

A mark made by a pointed instrument; a puncture; a point.

A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco.

To pierce slightly with a sharp-pointed instrument or substance; to make a puncture in, or to make by puncturing; to drive a fine point into; as, to prick one with a pin, needle, etc.; to prick a card; to prick holes in paper.

To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board.

To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; - sometimes with off.

To mark the outline of by puncturing; to trace or form by pricking; to mark by punctured dots; as, to prick a pattern for embroidery; to prick the notes of a musical composition.

To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; - sometimes with on, or off.

To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.

To make sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; - said especially of the ears of an animal, as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up; - hence, to prick up the ears, to listen sharply; to have the attention and interest strongly engaged.

To render acid or pungent.

To dress; to prink; - usually with up.

To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail.

To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.

To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks.

To spur onward; to ride on horseback.

To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.

To aim at a point or mark.

Insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous

A depression scratched or carved into a surface

Obscene terms for penis

The act of puncturing with a small point;

Make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn;

Cause a stinging pain;

Raise;

Prod or urge as if with a log stick

Cause a prickling sensation

To cause a sharp emotional pain;

Deliver a sting to;