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cod | cop |

In obsolete terms the difference between cod and cop

is that cod is a pillow or cushion while cop is the head.

As an adjective cod

is having the character of imitation; jocular. (now usually attributive, forming mostly compound adjectives).

cod

English

(wikipedia cod)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) codd, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A small bag or pouch.
    • (Halliwell)
  • (UK, obsolete) A husk or integument; a pod.
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Luke XV:
    • And he wolde fayne have filled his bely with the coddes , that the swyne ate: and noo man gave hym.
    (Mortimer)
  • The scrotum (also in plural).
  • * 1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , III.4:
    • that which we call castoreum are not the same to be termed testicles or stones; for these cods or follicles are found in both sexes, though somewhat more protuberant in the male.
  • (obsolete) A pillow or cushion.
    • (Halliwell)
    Derived terms
    * codpiece

    Etymology 2

    Origin uncertain; perhaps ultimately the same as Etymology 1, above.

    Noun

  • A marine fish of the family Gadidae.
  • A marine fish resembling a cod of the genus Gadus , such as the .
    • Derived terms
    * bay cod * codfish * codling * cod liver oil * rock cod * shore cod

    Etymology 3

    Origin unknown.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A joke or an imitation.
    • I assume it all could just be a cod .
  • A stupid or foolish person.
    • He's making a right cod of himself.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the character of imitation; jocular. (now usually attributive, forming mostly compound adjectives).
    • “Illegitimi non carborundum” is a well-known example of cod Latin.
    Dalton categorises Muse's latest composition as “cod -classical bombast”.

    Verb

  • (slang, transitive, dialectal) To attempt to deceive or confuse.

    • Derived terms

    * codswallop

    Anagrams

    * * * * English invariant nouns English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    cop

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) coppe, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A spider.

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from (etyl) , from (etyl) kapia, to buy.

    Verb

    (copp)
  • to obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take
  • * 2005 , Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home , Simon & Schuster, page 10:
    • Heroin appeared on the streets of our town for the first time, and Innie watched helplessly as his sixteen-year-old brother began taking the train to Harlem to cop smack.
  • to (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
    • When caught, he would often cop a vicious blow from his father
  • to steal
  • to adopt
    • No need to cop an attitude with me, junior.
  • to admit, especially to a crime.
    • I already copped to the murder. What else do you want from me?
    Harold copped to being known as "Dirty Harry".
  • *
    • Derived terms
    * cop a feel * cop a plea * cop off * cop on * cop out, cop-out

    Etymology 3

    Short for above, i.e. a criminal.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, law enforcement) A police officer or prison guard.
    • Synonyms
    * See also

    Etymology 4

    (etyl) cop, copp, from (etyl) . Cognate with Dutch kop, German Kopf.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (crafts) The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
  • (obsolete) The top, summit, especially of a hill.
  • * Drayton
    • Cop they used to call / The tops of many hills.
  • (obsolete) The head.
  • A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
  • (architecture, military) A merlon.

    • Anagrams

    *

    References

    *

    See also

    * not much cop ----