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Thack vs Thrack - What's the difference?

thack | thrack |

As verbs the difference between thack and thrack

is that thack is to strike; thump; thwack while thrack is to load or burden.

As a noun thack

is a stroke; a thwack.

thack

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

Verb

(en verb)
  • To strike; thump; thwack.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) thacce, from . See above.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A stroke; a thwack.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) . See also thatch.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the weatherproof outer layer of a roof, often thatch specifically
  • * 1952 , L.F. Salzman, Building in England , p. 223.
    • This outer layer was generically known as 'thack', but, owing to the fact that the vast majority of buildings in early times were covered with a thacking of straw or some similar material, 'thatch' gradually acquired its modern restricted significance of straw, or reed, heling.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover a roof with thack.

    • References

    thrack

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To load or burden.
    • to thrack a man with property
    (South)
    (Webster 1913)