Sack vs Attack - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between sack and attack

is that sack is sack; a bag while attack is an attempt to cause damage or injury to, or to somehow detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.

As a verb attack is

to apply violent force to someone or something.

sack

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . (Sense evolution) * “Pillage” senses from the use of sacks in carrying off plunder. From (etyl) . ''See also ransack. American football “tackle” sense from this “plunder, conquer” root. * “Removal from employment” senses attested since 1825; the original formula was “to give (someone) the sack”, likely from the notion of a worker going off with his tools in a sack, or being given such a sack for his personal belongings as part of an expedient severance. Idiom exists earlier in (etyl) (on luy a donné son sac'', 17c.) and (etyl) (iemand den zak geven). English verb in this sense recorded from 1841. Current verb, ''to sack (“to fire”) carries influence from the forceful nature of “plunder, tackle” verb senses. * Slang meaning “bunk, bed” is attested since 1825, originally nautical, likely in reference to sleeping bags. The verb meaning “go to bed” is recorded from 1946.

Noun

(en noun)

A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.

The amount a sack holds; also, an archaic or historical measure of varying capacity, depending on commodity type and according to local usage; an old English measure of weight, usually of wool, equal to 13 stone (182 pounds), or in other sources, 26 stone (364 pounds).

* The American sack''' of salt is 215 pounds; the '''sack of wheat, two bushels. — McElrath.

* 1843 , The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge , Vol. 27, page 202

Seven pounds make a clove, 2 cloves a stone, 2 stone a tod, 6 1/2 tods a wey, 2 weys a sack, 12 sacks a last. [...] It is to be observed here that a sack is 13 tods, and a tod 28 pounds, so that the sack is 364 pounds.

* 1882 , , A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , Volume 4, page 209

Generally, however, the stone or petra, almost always of 14 lbs., is used, the tod of 28 lbs., and the sack of thirteen stone.

(uncountable) The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.

The sack of Rome.

(uncountable) Loot or booty obtained by pillage.

(American football) A successful tackle of the quarterback. See verb sense³ below .

(baseball) One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.

He twisted his ankle sliding into the sack at second.

(informal) Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position, usually as give (someone) the sack' or '''get the sack . ''See verb sense⁴ below.

The boss is gonna give her the sack today.

He got the sack for being late all the time.

(colloquial, US) Bed; usually as hit the sack' or '''in the sack'''. ''See also'' ' sack out .

(dated) (also sacque ) A kind of loose-fitting gown or dress with sleeves which hangs from the shoulders, such as a gown with a , fashionable in the late 17th to 18th century; or, formerly, a loose-fitting hip-length jacket, cloak or cape.

* 1749 , , Google Books

Molly, therefore, having dressed herself out in this sack , with a new laced cap, and some other ornaments which Tom had given her, repairs to church with her fan in her hand the very next Sunday.

(dated) A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.

(vulgar, slang) The scrotum.

He got passed the ball, but it hit him in the sack .

Synonyms

* (bag) bag, tote, poke (obsolete) * the axe]], pink slip, the boot, the chop, the elbow, one's cards, [[give somebody the heave-ho, the old heave-ho * hay, rack * ballsack, ball sack, nutsack

Hyponyms

* (bag) bindle

Derived terms

* * ballsack, ball sack * bivouac sack * cat in the sack * dub sack * get the sack, give the sack * gunny sack, gunnysack * hacky sack, hackysack * Hacky-Sack, hackeysack, * hit the sack * in the sack * nutsack * sackcloth * sack race * sackful * sacking (n. ) * sad sack

Verb

(en verb)

To put in a sack or sacks.

Help me sack the groceries.

* 1903 , ,

The gold was sacked in moose-hide bags, fifty pounds to the bag

To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.

To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.

The barbarians sacked Rome.

* 1898 , ,

It [a lyre] was part of the spoils which he had taken when he sacked the city of Eetion

(American football) To tackle, usually to tackle the offensive quarterback behind the line of scrimmage before he is able to throw a pass.

* 1995 , John Crumpacker and Gwen Knapp, " Sack-happy defensive line stuns Dolphins", SFGate.com, November 21,

On third down, the rejuvenated Rickey Jackson stormed in over All-Pro left tackle Richmond Webb to sack Marino yet again for a 2-yard loss.

(informal) To discharge from a job or position; to fire.

He was sacked last September.

* 1999 , " Russian media mogul dismisses Yeltsin's bid to sack him", CNN.com, March 5,

(colloquial) In the phrase sack out', to fall asleep. ''See also'' ' hit the sack .

The kids all sacked out before 9:00 on New Year’s Eve.

Synonyms

* loot, ransack * (to remove someone from a job) can, dismiss, fire, lay off, let go, terminate, make redundant, give the axe, give the boot, give (someone) their cards, give the chop]], give the elbow, give the old heave-ho, See also : [[Wikisaurus:lay off * rack

Derived terms

* sackable * sacker * sack out

Etymology 2

From earlier (wyne)

Noun

(en noun)

(dated) A variety of light-colored dry wine from Spain or the Canary Islands; also, any strong white wine from southern Europe; sherry.

Will't please your lordship drink a cup of sack'? ...I ne'er drank ' sack in my life...

Thou art so fat-witted, with drinking of old sack'...let a cup of '''sack''' be my poison...Wherein is he good, but to taste ' sack and drink it?

* 1610 , , act 2 scene 2

How didst thou 'scape? How cam'st thou hither? swear / by this bottle how thou cam'st hither—I escaped upon / a butt of sack , which the sailors heaved overboard, by / this bottle! [...]

Derived terms

* sack-whey

Etymology 3

Verb

(en verb)

Noun

(en noun)

Anagrams

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attack
English

Noun
(en noun)
An attempt to cause damage or injury to, or to somehow detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.

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* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Mark Tran
, volume=189, issue=6, page=1, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Denied an education by war , passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks' on schools

A time in which one attacks. The offence of a battle.

(cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.

(volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.

(lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.

The sudden onset of a disease.

An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.

(music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.

(audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).

Synonyms
* (volleyball) hit, spike * See also
Antonyms
* (music) decay, release
Derived terms
* attack is the best form of defence * pincer attack
Related terms
* attachment
Verb
(en verb)
To apply violent force to someone or something.

This species of snake will only attack humans if it feels threatened.

To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar ).

She published an article attacking the recent pay cuts.

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, date=June 3 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992) citation , page= , passage=In its God-like prime, The Simpsons attacked well-worn satirical fodder from unexpected angles, finding fresh laughs in the hoariest of subjects.}}
To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.

* Macaulay

On the fourth of March he was attacked by fever.

* B. Stewart

Hydrofluoric acid attacks the glass.

To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.

We´ll have dinner before we attack the biology homework.

I attacked the meal with a hearty appetite.

(cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.

(cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.

(cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.

(soccer) To move forward in an attempt to actively score point, as opposed to trying not to concede.

* {{quote-news, year=2011
, date=October 15 , author=Michael Da Silva , title=Wigan 1 - 3 Bolton , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Six successive defeats had left them rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table but, clearly under instructions to attack from the outset, Bolton started far the brighter.}}
Synonyms
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