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Hock vs Mortage - What's the difference?

hock | mortage |

As nouns the difference between hock and mortage

is that hock is a rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the hochheim region, but often applied to all rhenish wines or hock can be the tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog or hock can be , obligation as collateral for a loan while mortage is .

As verbs the difference between hock and mortage

is that hock is to disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough or hock can be (senseid)(colloquial) to leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan or hock can be (us) to bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly while mortage is .

hock

English

Etymology 1

From hockamore, from the name of the German town of .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region, but often applied to all Rhenish wines.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) hoch, hough, hocke, from Old English ‘skeleton’)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
  • Meat from that part of a food animal.
  • Derived terms
    * rattle one's hocks

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
  • Etymology 3

    .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (senseid)(colloquial) To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.
  • Noun

    (-)
  • , obligation as collateral for a loan.
  • He needed $750 to get his guitar out of hock at the pawnshop.
  • *
  • Debt.
  • They were in hock to the bank for $35 million.
  • Installment purchase.
  • *
  • Prison.
  • Derived terms
    * Hock Monday * Hock Tuesday

    Etymology 4

    (Hakn a tshaynik) (etyl)

    Alternative forms

    * hak

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (US) To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly
  • mortage

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • Verb

    (head)