What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Nock vs Nork - What's the difference?

nock | nork |

As nouns the difference between nock and nork

is that nock is either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring while nork is (slang|ethnic slur|derogatory) a north korean.

As a verb nock

is to fit an arrow against the bowstring of a bow or crossbow.

nock

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring.
  • The notch at the rear of an arrow that fits on the bowstring.
  • * Chapman
    • He took his arrow by the nock .
  • (nautical) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or trysail.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fit an arrow against the bowstring of a bow or crossbow.
  • To cut a nock in (usually in an arrow's base or the tips of a bow).

    • Anagrams

    *

    References

    nork

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, chiefly in plural) A woman's breast.
  • *1983 , Robert Drewe, The Bodysurfers , Penguin 2009, p. 91:
  • *:I lay there so close I could've reached out in any direction and just grabbed a nork .
  • * 1999 , Louis Nowra, The twelfth of never :
    • Ernie constantly badgered me to get her to talk to him but I suspected she would throttle him if he merely glanced in the direction of her norks .
  • * 2002 , Kate Atkinson, Not the end of the world :
    • And her norks ! Like a hundred times bigger than his sister's. Why was he thinking about his sister's norks? Gross.