Thank vs Thack - What's the difference?
thank | thack |
(obsolete) An expression of appreciation; a thought.
* Bible, Luke vi. 33
* Milton
To express gratitude or appreciation to someone.
* 1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) Chapter 23
* , chapter=4
, title= Credit or hold something responsible.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,
the weatherproof outer layer of a roof, often thatch specifically
* 1952 , L.F. Salzman, Building in England , p. 223.
As nouns the difference between thank and thack
is that thank is (obsolete) an expression of appreciation; a thought while thack is a stroke; a thwack or thack can be the weatherproof outer layer of a roof, often thatch specifically.As verbs the difference between thank and thack
is that thank is to express gratitude or appreciation to someone while thack is to strike; thump; thwack or thack can be to cover a roof with thack.thank
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . Compare Dutch dank, German Dank.Noun
(en noun)- If ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.
- What great thank , then, if any man, reputed wise and constant, will neither do, nor permit others under his charge to do, that which he approves not, especially in matter of sin?
Etymology 2
From (etyl) . Compare Dutch and German danken.Verb
(en verb)- The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lion now thanked the Good Witch earnestly for her kindness; and Dorothy exclaimed:
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.}}
thack
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at (l), (l).Etymology 2
From (etyl) thacce, from . See above.Etymology 3
From (etyl) . See also thatch.Noun
(en noun)- 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.