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Rawk vs Awk - What's the difference?

rawk | awk |

As nouns the difference between rawk and awk

is that rawk is while awk is (usually attributive|computing) code written in or skill in using the awk language.

As a verb rawk

is .

As an adjective awk is

(obsolete) odd; out of order; perverse.

As an adverb awk is

(label) perversely; in the wrong way.

As a proper noun awk is

(computing) a unix scripting language or the command line interface itself.

rawk

English

Noun

(en noun)
    • I enjoy listening to good rawk .
  • (Yorkshire) A thick fog

    • Verb

    (en verb)
    • What do ya think 'bout it? It rawks !

    awk

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Odd; out of order; perverse.
  • (obsolete) Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister; as, the awk end of a rod (the butt end).
    • (Golding)
  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) Clumsy in performance or manners; unhandy; not dexterous; awkward.
  • Awkward; uncomfortable.

    • Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (label) Perversely; in the wrong way.

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (computing) A Unix scripting language or the command line interface itself.

    • Noun

    (-)
  • (usually attributive, computing) Code written in or skill in using the awk language.
    • I used C, Perl, the Bourne shell, and some awk and tcl to implement these projects.

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