different between rox vs pox

English

Pronunciation

Verb

rox

1. (slang, informal) Alternative spelling of rocks (“in sense of excelling, being great”)

Antonyms

• sux

Anagrams

• -xor, XOR, xor

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin russus.

Adjective

rox m (feminine singular rossi or rossa, masculine plural rox, feminine plural rosses)

1. red

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /?o??/
• Tone numbers: ro⁴
• Hyphenation: rox

Etymology 1

Compare Lao ??? (l??); Thai ???? (r???).

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Conjunction

rox (old orthography ro?)

1. or

Derived terms

• roxnaeuz

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *r??w? (“to know”). Cognate with Thai ??? (rúu), Northern Thai ???, Isan ???, Lao ??? (h?), Lü ??? (huu²), Tai Dam ???, Shan ??? (h??u), Ahom ???????? (ruu) or ???????????????? (ruw), Saek ??.

Verb

rox (old orthography ro?)

1. to know

Derived terms

See also

• caek
• gyaek
• sux

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