cleck

As verbs the difference between check and cleck

is that check is to inspect; to examine while cleck is (chiefly|scotland) to hatch (of birds); colloquially , of people, to be born.

As a noun check

is (chess) a situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece or check can be (textiles|usually|pluralized) a pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.

As verbs the difference between clock and cleck

is that clock is to measure the duration of or clock can be to ornament (eg the side of a stocking) with figured work or clock can be (dated) to make the sound of a hen; to cluck while cleck is (chiefly|scotland) to hatch (of birds); colloquially , of people, to be born.

As a noun clock

is an instrument used to measure or keep track of time; a non-portable timepiece or clock can be a pattern near the heel of a sock or stocking or clock can be a large beetle, especially the european dung beetle (scarabaeus stercorarius ).