The difference between Banger and Crock
When used as nouns, banger means a thing or person which bangs, in any sense, whereas crock means a stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
Crock is also verb with the meaning: to break something or injure someone.
check bellow for the other definitions of Banger and Crock
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Banger as a noun:
A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
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Banger as a noun (British):
A firework that makes a bang.
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Banger as a noun (British, slang):
A woman's breast.
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Banger as a noun (British, NZ, Australia, slang):
A sausage.
Examples:
"[[bangers and mash]]"
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Banger as a noun (slang):
An old, worn-out car.
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Banger as a noun (US, slang):
A cylinder in a car.
Examples:
"He drives a little four-banger to work."
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Banger as a noun (US, slang):
A member of a gang (shortened from the word gangbanger).
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Banger as a noun (slang):
A powerfully energetic piece of music, especially dance music.
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Banger as a noun (slang, by extension):
Any particularly good or pleasing thing.
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Crock as a noun:
A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
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Crock as a noun:
A piece of broken pottery, a shard.
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Crock as a noun (UK):
A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.
Examples:
"old crocks’ home home for the aged"
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Crock as a noun (UK):
An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse or ewe).
Examples:
"old crocks race veteran car rally"
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Crock as a noun (slang, countable, and, uncountable):
Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense.
Examples:
"That's a bunch of crock."
"The story is a crock."
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Crock as a noun:
A low stool.
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Crock as a noun (medical slang, derogatory):
A patient who is difficult to treat, especially one who complains of a minor or imagined illness.
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Crock as a verb:
To break something or injure someone.
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Crock as a verb (textiles, leatherworking):
To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another.
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Crock as a verb (horticulture):
To cover the drain holes of a planter with stones or similar material, in order to ensure proper drainage.
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Crock as a verb (transitive, now, dialectal):
To put or store (something) in a crock or pot.
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Crock as a noun:
The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut.
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Crock as a noun:
Colouring matter that rubs off from cloth.
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Crock as a verb (intransitive):
To give off crock or smut.