different between flocked vs clocked

English

From flock (“tufts of wool, lock of hair”).

flocked

flocked (not comparable)

(of bristles) Having split, bushy ends.
(of swabs) Having dense fibers with a desirable nap to optimize collection and elution of specimens.

clocked

clocked (comparative more clocked, superlative most clocked)

Embroidered with clocks. [from 16th c.]
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 232:
  But it will be impossible, if you keep your laced clothes covered, that anybody should know you in that dress to be the same gentleman—except they find you out by your clocked stockings.
(electronics) Electronically running at a particular rate; governed by a repetitive time signal. [from 20th c.]
(Britain, colloquial) Of a motor vehicle: having had its odometer turned back so as to display a lower mileage. [from 20th c.]

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