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Crocked vs Cocked - What's the difference?

crocked | cocked |

As verbs the difference between crocked and cocked

is that crocked is past tense of crock while cocked is past tense of cock.

As adjectives the difference between crocked and cocked

is that crocked is injured (of a person while cocked is drunk.

crocked

English

Etymology 1

See (crock) (verb)

Verb

(head)
  • (crock)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (British) injured (of a person)
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Clive Lindsay , title=Kilmarnock 1 - 2 St Johnstone , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=St Johnstone boss Derek McInnes had made two changes, with Callum Davidson, who has now recovered from injury, the replacement for crocked fellow defender David McCracken and David Robertson taking the place of Chris Millar in midfield.}}
  • (British) broken (of a thing)

    • Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (North America) drunk (of a person)

    • cocked

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (informal) drunk
    • He is totally cocked right now, about thirteen beers into his 12-pack.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cock)