hockle

In lang=en terms the difference between heckle and hockle

is that heckle is to insult, tease, make fun of or badger while hockle is to mow, as stubble.

As verbs the difference between heckle and hockle

is that heckle is to question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weaknesses while hockle is to damage cordage by twisting against the lay or hockle can be to hamstring; to hock; to hough; to disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or hockle can be (geordie) to spit.

As a noun hockle is

a knob in cordage caused by twisting against the lay or hockle can be (geordie|vulgar) spit, spittle.

As verbs the difference between hockled and hockle

is that hockled is past tense of hockle while hockle is to damage cordage by twisting against the lay.

As a noun hockle is

a knob in cordage caused by twisting against the lay.

As nouns the difference between hockle and cockle

is that hockle is a knob in cordage caused by twisting against the lay while cockle is any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.

As verbs the difference between hockle and cockle

is that hockle is to damage cordage by twisting against the lay while cockle is to cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting; to pucker.

As nouns the difference between huckle and hockle

is that huckle is the hip, the haunch while hockle is a knob in cordage caused by twisting against the lay.

As a verb hockle is

to damage cordage by twisting against the lay.

In transitive terms the difference between hockle and hackle

is that hockle is to mow, as stubble while hackle is to separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.

As nouns the difference between hockle and hackle

is that hockle is a knob in cordage caused by twisting against the lay while hackle is an instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp.

As verbs the difference between hockle and hackle

is that hockle is to damage cordage by twisting against the lay while hackle is to dress (flax or hemp) with a hackle; to prepare fibres of flax or hemp for spinning.