wad vs peck

wad and peck both are nouns.

wad and peck both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wad	Yes	No	Yes	No
peck	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, wad and peck are synonyms defined as:

wad and peck: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

Other synonyms of wad include batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum.

wad (noun)	peck (noun)
a wad of something chewable as tobacco	a light kiss
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent	bite by a bird
a small mass of soft material	(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
	a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
	a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons

wad (verb)	peck (verb)
crowd or pack to capacity	bother persistently with trivial complaints
compress into a wad	eat by pecking at, like a bird
	eat like a bird
	kiss lightly
	hit lightly with a picking motion

Difference between wad and peck

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