Sporked vs Spored - What's the difference?
sporked | spored |
(spork)
An eating utensil shaped like a spoon, the bowl of which is divided into tines like those of a fork, and so has the function of both implements; some sporks have a serrated edge so they can also function as a knife.
To move or impale (food etc.) with a spork.
* 2002 , Olivia Goldsmith, Pen pals
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 29, author=Erin McKean, title=Corpus, work=New York Times
, passage=Now, obviously, most of this sporking' is facetious, done purely for humorous intent (none of the eyeballs being ' sporked were in news reports), but the phenomenon of the weaponized spork is one that passed lexicographers and language researchers by until we saw the corpus evidence. }}
(spore)
A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another.
A thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist to survive in harsh or unfavorable conditions.
To produce spores.
As verbs the difference between sporked and spored
is that sporked is past tense of spork while spored is past tense of spore.sporked
English
Verb
(head)spork
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(sporks) ("spork on Wikiquote")Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- She was sporking up her food with the kind of relish Jennifer had rarely seen at three star restaurants.
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