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Zak vs Zek - What's the difference?

zak | zek |

As nouns the difference between zak and zek

is that zak is money while zek is a prisoner at a Russian prison, especially at a Soviet labour camp.

As a proper noun Zak

is a male given name, diminutive of Zachariah and Zachary.

zak

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (South Africa, slang) Money.
  • Sixpence or a small amount of money.
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    zek

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A prisoner at a Russian prison, especially (historical) at a Soviet labour camp.
  • *1988 , Stefani Hoffman, translating (Natan Sharansky), Fear No Evil , p. 235:
  • *:Every prisoner who recants is a potential influence on other zeks to do likewise.
  • *2004 , Jason Burke, The Observer , 8 Feb 2004:
  • *:There are the zeks , the survivors of the gulags, some honest about their experiences, others still deluded or traumatised decades later.

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