What's the difference between fender and mudguard?

Fender


Definition:

  • (v. t. & i.) One who or that which defends or protects by warding off harm
  • (v. t. & i.) A screen to prevent coals or sparks of an open fire from escaping to the floor.
  • (v. t. & i.) Anything serving as a cushion to lessen the shock when a vessel comes in contact with another vessel or a wharf.
  • (v. t. & i.) A screen to protect a carriage from mud thrown off the wheels: also, a splashboard.
  • (v. t. & i.) Anything set up to protect an exposed angle, as of a house, from damage by carriage wheels.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "A very loose taped-up tremolo arm on a Fender Jazzmaster, open chording and a few effects," is as far as he will be drawn.
  • (2) It has been demonstrated by the computer simulation that this model also explains the mechanism of the hysteresis in the binocular depth perception reported by Fender and Julesz (1967).
  • (3) In 1963, 'I bought a Fender re-verb amplifier and took LSD during the same week.'
  • (4) Best known to British audiences would be the late Doug Sahm, whose rocking Tex-Mex blend on hits such as Mendocino and She's About a Mover won him an international following and helped shine the spotlight on local Tejano heroes Freddy Fender and Flaco Jiménez.
  • (5) "These children often live in the moment," says Fender.
  • (6) Some pre-match emails: "I have a feeling that little doggy's about to chew on some fenders, Mr. G," writes Byron Whitley from New York.
  • (7) It acknowledged “a handful of minor fender-benders, light damage, no injuries, so far caused by human error and inattention”.
  • (8) Griff Fender, best known as a vocalist for the 70s band The Darts, and dancer Laura Street have worked with Oily Cart for many years.
  • (9) The priority so far is not avoiding fender-benders, but teaching them to avoid causing a serious accident that could set back acceptance of the technology for years, said Raj Rajkumar, a pioneer of the technology with Carnegie Mellon University.
  • (10) "If we want it to sound like a Gibson we use mahogany and if we want a [Fender] Strat or Telecaster sound we use maple."
  • (11) "There was one particular child I really thought I wasn't getting through to at all," Fender says.
  • (12) I have replicated the historic Fender and Julesz stereo hysteresis study [J. opt.
  • (13) Brendan Joyce, the chief executive of Norfolk Wildlife Trust , does not just admire ash because its wood made his beloved Fender Stratocaster guitar.
  • (14) The wooden bookrest and three-piece fender of wrought iron were designed by Lawrence.
  • (15) There is talk of how self-driving cars could reduce accidents on the road, but us just driving less could do that too (and the way that self-driving cars can be hacked or just have their software go south should concern us; when a computer goes haywire, it really goes); and the fender benders to date of Google’s self-driving cars suggest that machines may never quite comprehend human nature.
  • (16) But imagine if you could see real-time traffic updates from friends and fellow travelers ahead of you, calling out 'fender bender ... totally stuck in left lane!'
  • (17) Heavy snow in the Philadelphia area led to a number of accidents, including a fatal crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike that spawned fender-benders involving 50 cars, stranding some motorists for up to seven hours.

Mudguard


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They customise their bikes to outdo their mates, replacing mudguard flaps, say, with ones made of fine leather or bits of plastic with machined titanium.