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Corked vs Gorked - What's the difference?

corked | gorked |

As adjectives the difference between corked and gorked

is that corked is of a container, especially a bottle, closed with a cork while gorked is heavily sedated; knocked out.

As a verb corked

is past tense of cork.

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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    gorked

    English

    Adjective

  • Heavily sedated; knocked out.