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Coke vs Slack - What's the difference?

coke | slack |

In uncountable terms the difference between coke and slack

is that coke is solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel while slack is the part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.

As an adjective slack is

lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended.

As an adverb slack is

slackly.

coke

English

Etymology 1

Perhaps from (etyl) colke .

Noun

(-)
  • (uncountable) Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.
  • * The plant should produce approximately 550,000 tons of screened blast furnace coke per year.
    • Derived terms
    *biocoke

    Verb

  • To produce coke from coal.
  • To turn into coke.

    • Etymology 2

    Originated circa 1908 in American English as a shortening of cocaine .

    Noun

    (-)
  • (informal, slang, uncountable) Cocaine.
    • See also
    * coca

    Etymology 3

    1909, from the name of the American company Coca-Cola'' and the beverage it produced; the drink was named for two of its original ingredients, ''coca'' leaves and ''cola nut.

    Noun

    (en noun)
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    • Synonyms

    * (soft drink) see the list at (m)

    References

    * http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=coke ----

    slack

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) Small coal; coal dust.
    • (Raymond)
  • (countable) A valley, or small, shallow dell.
  • (uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
    • The slack of a rope or of a sail.
  • (countable) A tidal marsh or shallow, that periodically fills and drains.

    • Synonyms

    * culm * (tidal marsh) slough

    Derived terms

    * (coal dust) nutty slack

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended.
    • a slack rope
  • Weak; not holding fast.
    • a slack hand
  • Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
    • slack in duty or service
  • * Bible, 2 Peter iii. 9
    • The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness.
  • Not violent, rapid, or pressing.
    • Business is slack .
  • * {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
    • , title=Well Tackled! , chapter=3 citation , passage=“They know our boats will stand up to their work,” said Willison, “and that counts for a good deal. A low estimate from us doesn't mean scamped work, but just for that we want to keep the yard busy over a slack time.”}}
  • (slang, West Indies) vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music

    • Synonyms

    * slow, moderate, easy

    Derived terms

    * slack-jawed

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Slackly.
    • slack dried hops

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To slacken.
  • * Robert South
    • In this business of growing rich, poor men should slack their pace.
  • (obsolete) To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.7:
    • Ne did she let dull sleepe once to relent, / Nor wearinesse to slack her hast, but fled / Ever alike [...].
  • to procrastinate; to be lazy
  • to refuse to exert effort
  • To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.
    • Lime slacks .

    Derived terms

    * skive off

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