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Plug vs Cork - What's the difference?

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In transitive terms the difference between plug and cork

is that plug is to shoot a bullet into something with a gun while cork is to blacken (as) with a burnt cork.

As an adjective cork is

having the property of a head over heels rotation.

As a proper noun Cork is

principal city of County Cork.

plug

English

(wikipedia plug)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket.
    • I pushed the plug back into the electrical socket and the lamp began to glow again.
  • Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.
    • Pull the plug out of the tub so it can drain.
  • (US) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
    • He preferred a plug of tobacco to loose chaw.
  • (US, slang) A high, tapering silk hat.
  • (US, slang) A worthless horse.
    • That sorry old plug is ready for the glue factory!
  • (construction) A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
  • A mention of a product (usually a book, film or play) in an interview, or an interview which features one or more of these.
    • During the interview, the author put in a plug for his latest novel.
  • (geology) A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.
    • Pressure built beneath the plug in the caldera, eventually resulting in a catastrophic explosion of pyroclastic shrapnel and ash.
  • (fishing) A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.
    • The fisherman cast the plug into a likely pool, hoping to catch a whopper.
  • (horticulture) A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.

    • Synonyms

    * (hole filler) bung, stopper * (worthless horse) dobbin, hack, jade, nag

    Derived terms

    * butt-plug * breech plug * bridge plug * fire plug * glow plug * hawse plug * plugboard * plug and feather * plug centerbit * plug rod * plug valve * spark plug

    Coordinate terms

    * (worthless horse) bum (racing )

    Verb

    (plugg)
  • To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
    • He attempted to plug the leaks with some caulk.
  • To blatantly mention a particular product or service as if advertising it.
    • The main guest on the show just kept plugging his latest movie: it got so tiresome.
  • (informal) To persist or continue with something.
    • Keep plugging at the problem until you find a solution.
  • To shoot a bullet into something with a gun.
  • * 1884,
    • I am awfully glad that you kept your nerve and plugged him; it would have been better if you could have nailed him through the right shoulder, which would not have killed him...
  • (slang) to have sex with, penetrate sexually.
    • I'd love to plug her.

    Related terms

    * plug in * unplug

    Anagrams

    * gulp ----

    cork

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) http://photo.pds.org:5004/view/Entry/41541
  • eid8154767 or from Aramaic

    • Noun

  • (uncountable) The bark of the cork oak, which is very light and porous and used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.
  • *
  • A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.
    • Snobs feel it's hard to call it wine with a straight face when the cork is made of plastic.
  • An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.
  • The cork oak, Quercus suber .
  • (botany) The tissue that grows from the cork cambium.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.
  • * 2014, (Paul Salopek), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text]
    • Arms draped on shoulders, kick-stepping in circles, they swing bottles of wine. Purpled thumbs cork the bottles. The wine leaps and jumps behind green glass.
  • To blacken (as) with a burnt cork
  • To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.
  • To fill with cork, as the center of a baseball bat.
    • ''He corked his bat, which was discovered when it broke, causing a controversy.
  • (Australia) To injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma.
    • ''The vicious tackle corked his leg.
  • * 2006 , Joseph N. Santamaria, The Education of Dr Joe , page 60,
    • Injuries, which seemed to be of an inconsequential nature, were often sustained, such as a sprained ankle, a dislocated phalanx, a twisted foot, a corked leg and so on.
  • * 2007 , Shaun A. Saunders, Navigating in the New World , page 202,
    • As he moved away again, William winced at an ache in his thigh.
    ‘Must have corked my leg when I got up,’ he thought.
  • * 2008 , Christopher J. Holcroft, Canyon , page 93,
    • “I?m okay. I must have corked my thigh when Bruce fell onto me. I?ll be fine.”
  • * 2010 , Andrew Stojanovski, Dog Ear Cafe , large print 16pt, page 191,
    • Much to my relief he had only corked his leg when he had jumped.
  • * 2010 , , ''Ben Cousins: My Life Story , page 108,
    • I corked my thigh late in the game, which we won, and came off.

    Derived terms

    * corkboard * corker * corking * cork oak * cork off * corkscrew * corkwood * corky * uncork

    Etymology 2

    From the traversal path resembling that of a corkscrew. BBC Sport, "Sochi 2014: A jargon-busting guide to the halfpipe", 11 February 2014

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (snowboarding) a snowboarding aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the board overhead.

    • Derived terms

    * double cork (two such maneuvers in a single jump) * triple cork (three such maneuvers in a single jump)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (snowboarding) to perform such a maneuver

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (snowboarding) having the property of a head over heels rotation

    • Anagrams

    *

    References