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Coq vs Cox - What's the difference?

coq | cox |

As nouns the difference between coq and cox

is that coq is a trimming of cock feathers on a woman's hat while cox is a coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew.

As proper nouns the difference between coq and cox

is that coq is coquihalla a location in British Columbia, Canada, North America while Cox is {{surname|A=An|English|from=Middle English}} for either son of, or servant of someone named Cocke or Cook.

As a verb cox is

to act as coxswain for.

coq

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A trimming of cock feathers on a woman's hat.
  • * 1897 , Ladies' home journal: Volume 15
    • with a flat Tarn crown of heliotrope velvet, a drapery under the brim, and two flat coq feathers.
  • * 1921 , Millinery trade review: Volume 46
    • A smart all-black model has just arrived from Jeanne Due. It is turban-trimmed with black coq which forms a bow drape.
  • * 2010 , Deborah Davis, Party of the Century
    • It was the Spanish rooster, the bird that produced coq' feathers, that sacrificed the most plumage. ' Coqs , the rooster's long, curved, and iridescent tail feathers, were plucked from the bird to trim hats or, in this case, masks.
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    cox

    English

    Noun

    (coxes)
  • A coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew.

    • Derived terms

    * coxless

    Verb

    (es)
  • To act as coxswain for.
    • The physicist Stephen Hawking used to cox a college rowing team.

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