different between pock vs tock

English

Etymology

From Middle English pok, from Old English poc, pocc (“pock; pustule; ulcer”), from Proto-Germanic *pukkaz, *pukk? (“pock; swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *b?ew- (“to grow; swell”). Cognate with Dutch pok (“pock”), Low German Pocke (“pock”), German Pocke (“pock”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p?k/

  Rhymes: -?k

Noun

pock (plural pocks)

1. A pus-filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.
2. Any pit, especially one formed as a scar

Derived terms

• pockmark
• pox

Translations

Verb

pock (third-person singular simple present pocks, present participle pocking, simple past and past participle pocked)

1. To scar or mark with pits

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?k
• Homophone: talk (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Noun

tock (plural tocks)

1. (used in conjunction with tick) A clicking sound similar to one made by the hands of a clock.

Derived terms

• tick-tock

Verb

tock (third-person singular simple present tocks, present participle tocking, simple past and past participle tocked)

1. To produce such a sound.
   • 2002, Roger Ladd Memmott, Sweet Sally Ann

     The clock chimed the hour and then audibly tocked as the pendulum swung behind the glass pane of the door.

   • 1967, William Gray Purcell, St. Croix Trail Country: Recollections of Wisconsin

     The old clock tocked with a wooden "cluck," and like as not a squirrel would be hopping across the oilcloth table or scrambling along the loose bark of the log wall in search of a stray gingersnap.