Stoke vs Stoak - What's the difference?
stoke | stoak |
To poke, pierce, thrust.
To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace.
To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman.
To stick; to thrust; to stab.
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(physics) (A unit of kinematic viscosity equal to that of a fluid with a viscosity of one poise and a density of one gram per millilitre)
As verbs the difference between stoke and stoak
is that stoke is to poke, pierce, thrust while stoak is to stop; to choke.As a noun stoke
is misspelling of lang=en A unit of kinematic viscosity equal to that of a fluid with a viscosity of one poise and a density of one gram per millilitre.As a proper noun Stoke
is stoke-on-Trent, a city in Staffordshire, England.stoke
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) stoken, from (etyl) , from the same Germanic source. More at (l).Verb
(stok)Etymology 2
From a back-formation of stoker, apparently from (etyl) stoker, from (etyl) , see: tandenstoker. Ultimately the same word as above.Verb
(stok)- Nor short sword for to stoke , with point biting.