prod vs thrust

prod

verb
  • To poke, to push, to touch. 

  • To encourage, to prompt. 

  • To prick with a goad. 

noun
  • A production; a created work. 

  • A light kind of crossbow; a prodd. 

  • A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument. 

  • A poke. 

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

thrust

verb
  • To push or drive with force; to shove. 

  • To stab; to pierce; usually with through. 

  • To enter by pushing; to squeeze in. 

  • To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully. 

  • To make advance with force. 

  • To force something upon someone. 

noun
  • A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.) 

  • An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point. 

  • The primary effort; the goal. 

  • The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine. 

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