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Clonk vs Cloak - What's the difference?

clonk | cloak |

As nouns the difference between clonk and cloak

is that clonk is the abrupt sound of two hard objects coming into contact while cloak is a long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.

As verbs the difference between clonk and cloak

is that clonk is to make such a sound while cloak is to cover as with a cloak.

clonk

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The abrupt sound of two hard objects coming into contact.
  • * 2002 , Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man
    • The minute hand moved with a clonk , and shuddered to a halt on the 9.
  • A stick-like tool used to strike the surface of the water and produce a sound that causes nearby fish to attack the bait.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make such a sound.

    • cloak

    English

    (wikipedia cloak)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=5 citation , passage=‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’}}
  • A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.
  • (figurative)  That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.
  • * South
    • No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak .
  • (Internet)  A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.

    • Derived terms

    * cloak and dagger

    See also

    * burnoose, burnous, burnouse * domino costume

    Verb

  • To cover as with a cloak.
  • (science fiction, ambitransitive) To render or become invisible via futuristic technology.
    • The ship cloaked before entering the enemy sector of space.

    Derived terms

    * cloaking device