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Pocking vs Poking - What's the difference?

pocking | poking |

As verbs the difference between pocking and poking

is that pocking is present participle of lang=en while poking is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between pocking and poking

is that pocking is the presence of pock marks while poking is the act by which something is poked.

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.

    poking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is poked.
  • *
    • perfunctory proddings and pokings