Button vs Sock - What's the difference?
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A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
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A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
(graphical user interface) An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
(US) A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
(botany) A bud.
(slang) The clitoris.
(curling) The center (bullseye) of the house.
(fencing) The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
(poker) A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button .
(poker) The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.
A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement marking painted stripe.
(South Africa, slang) A methaqualone tablet (used as a recreational drug).
A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door.
A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.
A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.
A small white blotch on a cat's coat.
A unit of length equal to 1/12 of an inch.
A knitted or woven covering for the foot
A shoe worn by Greco-Roman comedy actors
A violent blow, punch
A shortened version of (Internet) sock puppet
(firearms, informal) a gun sock
To hit or strike violently
To deliver a blow
A ploughshare.
As a proper noun button
is .As a noun sock is
a knitted or woven covering for the foot or sock can be a ploughshare.As a verb sock is
to hit or strike violently.button
English
(wikipedia button)Noun
(en noun)- (Shakespeare)
Usage notes
For the senses 2 and 3, a button is often marked by a verb rather than a noun, and the button itself is called with the verb and button''. For example, a button to start something is generally called ''start button .Derived terms
{{der3, bachelor's button , belly button , billy buttons , , button accordion , buttonhole , buttonhook , buttonlike , buttonless , button man , button mangrove , button mushroom , button nose , buttonology , button-punch , button-pusher , buttonquail , buttonwood , cute as a button , eject button , fire button , have one's finger on the button , hot button , on the button , panic button , power button , push someone's buttons , radio button , red button , snooze button , start button , stay-button , tummy button}}See also
* switch * toggle * triggerDerived terms
* button one's lip * button up * unbuttonsock
English
(wikipedia sock)Etymology 1
* From (etyl) socke, sokke, sok, from (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)- "For enemies near are enemies known though socks are a bother he feels at last not alone "
RationalWiki
Derived terms
* bobby socks * knock somebody's socks off * sock hop * sock puppetReferences
Etymology 2
* Unknown, but compare Portuguese soco ("a hit with one's hand; a punch"). (en)Verb
(en verb)- They may let you off the first time, but the second time they'll sock it to you. — James Jones