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Cocked vs Corked - What's the difference?

cocked | corked |

As adjectives the difference between cocked and corked

is that cocked is drunk while corked is of a container, especially a bottle, closed with a cork.

As verbs the difference between cocked and corked

is that cocked is past tense of cock while corked is past tense of cork.

cocked

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (informal) drunk
    • He is totally cocked right now, about thirteen beers into his 12-pack.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cock)

    • corked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cork)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a container, especially a bottle, closed with a cork.
  • * 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 554:
    • Once someone discovered a bottle of wine in the sand that was still corked .
  • Of (a bottle of) wine, tainted by mould/mold in the cork.
    • Waiter, this wine is corked. Could you bring us another bottle?

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