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Freck vs Frock - What's the difference?

freck | frock |

As verbs the difference between freck and frock

is that freck is (transitive|rare|poetic) to checker; to diversify while frock is to clothe in a frock.

As a noun frock is

a dress, a piece of clothing for a female, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body or frock can be (dialectal) a frog.

freck

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (transitive, rare, poetic) To checker; to diversify.
    • The painted windows, frecking gloom with glow. — Lowell.
    (Webster 1913)

    frock

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) frok, frokke, from (etyl) ).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A dress, a piece of clothing for a female, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body.
  • An outer garment worn by priests and other clericals, a habit.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To clothe in a frock.
  • To make a cleric.
    • Derived terms
    * defrock

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) froke, variation of . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialectal) A frog.