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Pocked vs Tocked - What's the difference?

pocked | tocked |

As verbs the difference between pocked and tocked

is that pocked is past tense of pock while tocked is past tense of tock.

As an adjective pocked

is pockmarked.

pocked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (pock)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • pockmarked

    • tocked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (tock)

    • tock

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (used in conjunction with tick) A clicking sound similar to one made by the hands of a clock.

    • Derived terms

    * tick-tock

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To produce such a sound.
  • * Roger Ladd Memmott, Sweet Sally Ann
    • The clock chimed the hour and then audibly tocked as the pendulum swung behind the glass pane of the door.
  • * 1967 , William Gray Purcell, St. Croix Trail Country: Recollections of Wisconsin
    • The old clock tocked with a wooden "cluck," and like as not a squirrel would be hopping across the oilcloth table or scrambling along the loose bark of the log wall in search of a stray gingersnap.