Difference between Wad and Quid

What is the difference between Wad and Quid?

Wad as a verb is to crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball. while Quid as a verb is to chew tobacco

Wad

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An amorphous, compact mass. A substantial pile (normally of money). A soft plug or seal, particularly as used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge. an ejaculate of semen. Any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits

Quid

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To chew tobaccoTo let food drop from the mouth whilst chewing

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The inherent nature of something.A section of the Democratic-Republican Party between 1805 and 1811 (from tertium quid).A sovereign or guinea.Pound sterling.poundpound, punt, euroChewing tobacco.A piece of chewing tobacco.

Example sentence: I watched Leicester City lose in the 1969 FA Cup final with my dad and granddad when I was eight and cried all the way home. I have seen them get promoted and relegated. I played for them for eight years. I even got a group of like-minded fans and friends to stump up a few quid to salvage the club when they went into liquidation.

We hope you now know whether to use Wad or Quid in your sentence.

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