turkey vs dud

turkey and dud both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
turkey	Yes	No	No	No
dud	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, turkey and dud are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of turkey include bomb.

turkey (noun)	dud (noun)
large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food	an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual	an explosion that fails to occur
flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted	someone who is unsuccessful
a person who does something thoughtless or annoying

turkey (adjective)	dud (adjective)
	failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive