different between hox vs pox

English

Etymology 1

Noun

hox (plural hoxes)

1. (genetics) Abbreviation of homeobox.

Derived terms

• hox gene

Etymology 2

Verb

hox (third-person singular simple present hoxes, present participle hoxing, simple past and past participle hoxed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To hock; to hamstring; to cripple; to disable.

Synonyms

• hamstring, hock, hough

Hypernyms

• See Thesaurus:disable

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Armenian ??? (ho?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ho?x/

Noun

hox m (Arabic spelling ????)

1. plowed field

   Synonym: beyar

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) , “hox”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press

English

Etymology

From the plural of Middle English pocke. See also pock.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /p?ks/
• Rhymes: -?ks
• Homophone: pocks

Noun

pox (countable and uncountable, plural poxes)

1. A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks.
2. Syphilis.
3. (figuratively) A curse.
   • c. 1605, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, act IV, scene 3

     A pox on him, he's a cat still.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

pox (third-person singular simple present poxes, present participle poxing, simple past and past participle poxed)

1. (transitive, dated) To infect with the pox, or syphilis.

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bok (“dirt, dung”). Cognate with Turkish bok, Chuvash ??? (p?h) etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po?/

Noun

pox (definite accusative poxu, plural poxlar)

1. shit (solid excretory product evacuated from the bowel)

Declension

Derived terms

• için? pox qoymaq (“to ruin”)
• poxu ç?xmaq (“to go to hell, be ruined”)
• poxa dü?m?k (“to get in trouble”) (intransitive)
• poxa salmaq (“to get in trouble”) (transitive)
• pox yem?k (“to crap up, make a big mistake”)
• pox yer? qoymamaq (“to despise, disrespect”)

See also

• s?çmaq (“to shit”)

Coatlán Mixe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po?/

Noun

pox

1. guava