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Pocking vs Mocking - What's the difference?

pocking | mocking |

As verbs the difference between pocking and mocking

is that pocking is while mocking is .

As nouns the difference between pocking and mocking

is that pocking is the presence of pock marks while mocking is action of the verb to mock .

As an adjective mocking is

derisive or contemptuous.

pocking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The presence of pock marks.
  • * 1953 , Far Eastern Ceramic Bulletin
    • Unfortunately, the floor was already so pitted that I could hardly tell the punch marks from the normal pockings of age.

    mocking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • action of the verb to mock

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • derisive or contemptuous
  • teasing or taunting

    • Derived terms

    * mockingbird * mocking thrush * mocking wren