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Gonk vs Conk - What's the difference?

gonk | conk |

As nouns the difference between gonk and conk

is that gonk is a small furry toy like an ersatz teddy bear, popularized in wartime when production of real teddies stops while conk is the shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a bracket fungus'' (aka ''shelf fungus''), ''ie , a mushroom growing off a tree trunk.

As verbs the difference between gonk and conk

is that gonk is to sleep while conk is (slang) to hit, especially on the head.

gonk

English

(wikipedia gonk)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small furry toy like an ersatz teddy bear, popularized in wartime when production of real teddies stops.
  • A stupid or dull person.
  • (UK, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.

    • Synonyms

    * (stupid person) see * (sense, prostitute's client) see

    References

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sleep.
  • (US, slang) To lie; to tell an untruth

    • References

    *

    Anagrams

    *

    conk

    English

    Alternative forms

    * konk

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a Bracket fungus'' (A.K.A. ''Shelf fungus''), ''i.e. , a mushroom growing off a tree trunk.
  • (slang) A nose, especially a large one.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang) To hit, especially on the head.
  • *
  • To chemically straighten tightly curled hair.

    • Related terms

    * conk out

    Anagrams

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