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Docket vs Cocket - What's the difference?

docket | cocket |

In obsolete terms the difference between docket and cocket

is that docket is a summary; a brief digest while cocket is pert; saucy.

As a verb docket

is to make an entry in a docket.

As an adjective cocket is

pert; saucy.

docket

English

(wikipedia docket)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A summary; a brief digest.
  • (legal) A short entry of the proceedings of a court; the register containing them; the office containing the register.
  • (legal) A schedule of cases awaiting action in a court.
  • An agenda of things to be done.
  • A ticket or label fixed to something, showing its contents or directions to its use.
  • See also

    *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make an entry in a docket.
  • To label a parcel etc.
  • to docket goods
  • To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and endorse it on the back of the paper, or to endorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize.
  • to docket letters and papers
    (Chesterfield)
  • To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book.
  • judgments regularly docketed
  • To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.
  • (Webster 1913)

    cocket

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, obsolete) a document issued by the bond office stating that duty has been paid and goods may be sold.
  • (UK, obsolete) An office in a customhouse where goods intended for export are entered.
  • (obsolete) A measure for bread.
  • (Blount)
    Derived terms
    * cocket writer

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) pert; saucy
  • (Halliwell)
    (Webster 1913)