Socked vs Socket - What's the difference?

socked | socket |

As verbs the difference between socked and socket

is that socked is (sock) while socket is to place or fit in a socket.

As a noun socket is

(mechanics) an opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (eg a light bulb socket ).

socked

English

Verb

(head)

(sock)

sock

English

(wikipedia sock)

Etymology 1

* From (etyl) socke, sokke, sok, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en-noun)

A knitted or woven covering for the foot

A shoe worn by Greco-Roman comedy actors

A violent blow, punch

A shortened version of (Internet) sock puppet

"For enemies near are enemies known though socks are a bother he feels at last not alone " RationalWiki

(firearms, informal) a gun sock

Derived terms

* bobby socks * knock somebody's socks off * sock hop * sock puppet

References

Etymology 2

* Unknown, but compare Portuguese soco ("a hit with one's hand; a punch"). (en)

Verb

(en verb)

To hit or strike violently

To deliver a blow

They may let you off the first time, but the second time they'll sock it to you. — James Jones

Derived terms

* sock away * sock in * sockdolager

Etymology 3

(etyl) soc, (lena) soccus, perhaps of Celtic origin.

Noun

(en noun)

A ploughshare.

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socket

English

Noun

(en noun)

(mechanics) An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket ).

(anatomy) A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint.

(computing) A two-way named pipe on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.

Derived terms

* ball-and-socket joint * dry socket * eye socket * light bulb socket * mains socket * network socket * power socket * socket wrench * tooth socket * wall socket

Verb

(en verb)

To place or fit in a socket.