Rocker vs. Mod — What's the Difference?

A rocking chair.

An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s.

A rocking horse.

In or characteristic of this unconventionally modern style.

One of the two curved pieces upon which a cradle, rocking chair, or similar device rocks.

Fashionably up-to-date, especially in style, design, or dress.

A cradle used for washing or panning ores.

(uncountable) An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.

A small curved blade with a toothed edge used in mezzotint engraving to roughen the surface of the metal plate.

(UK) A 1960s British person who dressed in such a style and was interested in modernism and the modern music of the time; the opposite of a rocker.

An object having a curved form, as the keel of a ship or a skate blade sharpened in a curve.

(informal) modification

A curved stripe at the bottom part of a chevron worn by noncommissioned officers above the rank of sergeant.

(video games) An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.

A rock song, singer, or musician.

(Internet, sometimes derogatory) A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.

A fan of rock music.

A module (file containing a tracker music sequence).

A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth.

(rock climbing) A moderately difficult route.

A rocking chair.

Moderations: university examinations generally taken in the first year.

(surfing) The lengthwise curvature of a surfboard. (More rocker is a more curved board.)

Abbreviation of modulus

The breve below as in ḫ.

(statistics) mode

Someone passionate about rock music.

A festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture, akin to the Welsh eisteddfod.

A musician who plays rock music.

To modify (an object) from its original condition, typically for the purposes of individualizing and/or enhancing the performance of the object.

(informal) A rock music song.

(video games) To install or create a mod.

One who rocks something.

To moderate; to silence or punish (a rule-breaking user) on a forum, especially when done by a moderator.

(UK) A member of a British subculture of the 1960s, opposed to the mods, who dressed in black leather and were interested in 1950s music.

Abbreviation of moderate

Any implement or machine working with a rocking motion, such as a trough mounted on rockers for separating gold dust from gravel, etc., by agitation in water.

A British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers

A tool with small teeth that roughens a metal plate to produce tonality in mezzotints.

Relating to a recently developed fashion or style;

A rocking horse.

A rocker board.

A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.

A kind of electrical switch with a spring-loaded actuator.

(engineering) A rock shaft.

(military) A curved line accompanying the chevrons that denote rank, qualifying the rank with a grade.

One who rocks; specifically, one who rocks a cradle.

One of the curving pieces of wood or metal on which a cradle, chair, etc., rocks.

Any implement or machine working with a rocking motion, as a trough mounted on rockers for separating gold dust from gravel, etc., by agitation in water.

A play horse on rockers; a rocking-horse.

A chair mounted on rockers; a rocking-chair.

A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.

Same as Rock shaft.

An attendant who rocks a child in a cradle

A performer or composer or fan of rock music

A teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles

A chair mounted on rockers

A trough on rockers used by gold miners to shake earth in water in order to separate the gold

An ice skate with a curved blade

A curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro