Prod
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To poke, to push, to touch. To encourage, to prompt.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A device (often electric) used to goad livestock into moving.
Example sentence: There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.
Poke
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To prod or jab with a pointed object such as a finger or a stick.To poke a fire to remove ash or promote burning.To rummage as in to poke about in.To modify the value stored in (a memory address).
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The storage of a value in a memory address, typically to modify the behaviour of a program or to cheat at a video game.A sack, bag.Pokeweed.
Example sentence: The Disney tradition - number one, it's a great American classic tradition - and it's something where you don't want to go over certain lines. You want to poke fun, but you don't want to poke fun in a way that's hurtful.