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Soc vs Soe - What's the difference?

soc | soe |

As nouns the difference between soc and soe

is that soc is sociology or social science while soe is a large wooden vessel for carrying water, especially one to be carried on a pole between two people.

As an initialism SOC

is initialism of w:System-on-a-Chip|System-on-(a-)Chip|lang=en.

soc

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang, uncountable) Sociology or social science
  • (slang, countable) upper class youth
  • * 1967 , , The Outsiders , page 2:
    • We get jumped by the Socs . I'm not sure how you spell it, but it's the abbreviation for the Socials, the jet set, the West-side rich kids.
    Alternative forms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    Alternative forms

    * sock, soke

    Noun

  • (UK, legal, obsolete) The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.
  • (UK, obsolete) Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary burdens.
  • (UK, obsolete) An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township in which the mill stands.
    • Derived terms
    * soc and sac (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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    soe

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) a large wooden vessel for carrying water, especially one to be carried on a pole between two people.
  • * 1662 , , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 55:
    • " no more then a Pump grown dry will yield any water, unless you pour a little water into it first, and then for one Bason-ful you may fetch up so many Soe -fuls"
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