Notch vs Pock - What's the difference?

Notch is a related term of pock.

As nouns the difference between notch and pock

is that notch is a v-shaped cut while pock is a pus filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.

As verbs the difference between notch and pock

is that notch is to cut a notch in (something) while pock is to scar or mark with pits.

notch

English

Noun

(es)

A V-shaped cut.

Such a cut, used for keeping a record

''The notches in that tribe's warrior axe handles stand for killed enemies.

An indentation.

A mountain pass; a defile

(informal) A level or degree.

''This car is a notch better than the other.

* 2014 , Daniel Taylor, " World Cup 2014: Uruguay sink England as Suárez makes his mark," guardian.co.uk , 20 June:

A better team might also have done more to expose Uruguay’s occasionally brittle defence, but England’s speed of thought and movement in their attacking positions was a good notch or two down from the Italy game.

Derived terms

* notch on one's bedpost, notch on the bedpost * notchback * notchboard * top notch

Verb

(es)

To cut a notch in (something).

To record (a score or similar) by making notches on something.

The tribe's hunters notch their kills by notches on each's axe's handle.

To join by means of notches.

To achieve (something).

The team notched a pair of shutout wins on Sunday.

Derived terms

* notcher * notchy

pock

English

Noun

(en noun)

A pus filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.

Any pit, especially one formed as a scar

Verb

(en verb)

To scar or mark with pits

*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 23, author=Greg Myre, title=Palestinian Universities Dragged Into Factional Clashes, work=New York Times citation

, passage=Just next door, at Al Azhar University, a rocket mangled the protective metal bars as it crashed through the windows of the president’s office this month, destroying his desk and pocking his walls with shrapnel. }}