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Crock vs Hurt - What's the difference?

crock | hurt |

In lang=en terms the difference between crock and hurt

is that crock is to give off crock or smut while hurt is to undermine, impede, or damage.

As nouns the difference between crock and hurt

is that crock is a stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container or crock can be the loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut while hurt is an emotional or psychological hurt (humiliation or bad experience).

As verbs the difference between crock and hurt

is that crock is to break something or injure someone or crock can be to give off crock or smut while hurt is to be painful.

As an adjective hurt is

wounded, physically injured.

crock

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) crokke, from (etyl) crocc, . See also (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
  • * 1590-96 , '', 1750, ''The Works of Spenser , Volume 3, page 181,
  • Therefore the Vulgar did about him flock / And cluster thick unto his lea?ings vain; / Like fooli?h Flies about an Honey-Crock ; / In hope by him great Benefit to gain, / And uncontrolled Freedom to obtain.
  • A piece of broken pottery, a shard.
  • (UK) A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.
  • Old crocks ’ home = home for the aged
  • * 1925 , , Gutenberg Australia eBook #0300621,
  • He was getting very proud of the way he had learned to manage his game leg, and it occurred to him that here was a chance of testing his balance.“Not so bad that, for a crock ,” he told himself, as he lay full length in the sun watching the faint line of the Haripol hills overtopping the ridge of Crask.
  • * 1932 , Helen Simpson, Boomerang , Gutenberg Australia eBook #0800611,
  • He was in love with a girl, whose full name he did not tell me, and whom he had not seen for two years. She was a Lady Diana Someone, so much I knew, very lovely, a sort of relation, and he believed he had a chance if only the doctors could do something to help his asthma. “Can?t ask a girl to marry a crock .”
  • (UK) An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse).
  • Old crocks race = veteran car rally
  • (slang, countable, and, uncountable) Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense.
  • :That is a bunch of crock .
  • The story is a crock .
  • A low stool.
  • * 1709 , '', 1822, Alexander Chalmers (editor), ''The Tatler , 2007 Facsimile Edition, page 12,
  • I then inquired for the person that belonged to the petticoat; and, to my great surprise, was directed to a very beautiful young damsel, with so pretty a face and shape, that I bid her come out of the crowd, and seated her upon a little crock at my left hand.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To break something or injure someone.
  • * 1904 , P.G. Wodehouse, [http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext04/gldbt10.txt]:
  • "That last time I brought down Barry I crocked him. He's in his study now with a sprained ankle. ..."
  • * 2007 January 3, Daily Mirror :
  • Thousands of cars crocked by dodgy fuel
  • * 2006 April 30, The Sunday Times :
  • Ferreira ... peremptorily expunges England’s World Cup chances by crocking Wayne Rooney.
  • (textiles, leatherworking) To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another.
  • * 1917 , John H. Pfingsten, "Colouring-matter for leather and method of using the same" [http://www.google.com/patents?id=G3xVAAAAEBAJ], US Patent 1371572, page 1:
  • thus producing a permanent, definite color thereon which will not fade or crock , and at the same time using up all of the coloring matter.
  • * 1964 , Isabel Barnum Wingate, Know Your Merchandise [http://books.google.com/books?id=XuJGAAAAMAAJ], page 109:
  • Colored fabrics should be dried separately for the first few times to prevent crocking (rubbing off of dye).
  • * 2002 , Sandy Scrivano, Sewing With Leather & Suede [http://books.google.com/books?id=3ZXZ6f2KNLwC], ISBN 1579902731, page 95:
  • In leather garments, lining also prevents crocking of color onto skin or garments worn underneath.
  • (horticulture) To cover the drain holes of a planter with stones or similar material, in order to ensure proper drainage.
  • * 1900 , H.A. Burberry, The Amateur Orchid Cultivators' Guide Book [http://books.google.com/books?id=PeECAAAAYAAJ], page 21:
  • The pots should be crocked for drainage to one-half their depth and the plants made moderately firm in the compost, as already indicated...
  • To store (butter, etc.) in a crock.
  • (Halliwell)

    Derived terms

    * crocker * crockery * crockpot * crock of gold * crock of shit * crock haircut

    References

    * Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/?art=art0001] (etymology)

    Etymology 2

    Compare (etyl) , Scots (crochit), covered.

    Noun

    (-)
  • The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut.
  • Colouring matter that rubs off from cloth.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To give off crock or smut.
  • (Webster 1913)

    hurt

    English

    Verb

  • To be painful.
  • Does your leg still hurt ? / It is starting to feel better.
  • To cause (a creature) physical pain and/or injury.
  • If anybody hurts my little brother I will get upset.
  • To cause (somebody) emotional pain.
  • To undermine, impede, or damage.
  • This latest gaffe hurts the MP's reelection prospects still further.

    Synonyms

    * wound, injure

    Derived terms

    * wouldn't hurt a fly

    See also

    * (l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Wounded, physically injured.
  • Pained.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An emotional or psychological hurt (humiliation or bad experience)
  • * How to overcome old hurts of the past
  • (archaic) A bodily injury causing pain; a wound or bruise.
  • * 1605 , Shakespeare, King Lear vii
  • I have received a hurt .
  • * John Locke
  • The pains of sickness and hurts all men feel.
  • (archaic) injury; damage; detriment; harm
  • * Shakespeare
  • Thou dost me yet but little hurt .
  • (heraldiccharge) A roundel azure (blue circular spot).
  • (engineering) A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.
  • A husk.
  • References