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

  1. Banger as a noun:

    A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.

  2. Banger as a noun (British):

    A firework that makes a bang.

  3. Banger as a noun (British, slang):

    A woman's breast.

  4. Banger as a noun (British, NZ, Australia, slang):

    A sausage.

    Examples:

    "[[bangers and mash]]"

  5. Banger as a noun (slang):

    An old, worn-out car.

  6. Banger as a noun (US, slang):

    A cylinder in a car.

    Examples:

    "He drives a little four-banger to work."

  7. Banger as a noun (US, slang):

    A member of a gang (shortened from the word gangbanger).

  8. Banger as a noun (slang):

    A powerfully energetic piece of music, especially dance music.

  9. Banger as a noun (slang, by extension):

    Any particularly good or pleasing thing.

  1. Crock as a noun:

    A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.

  2. Crock as a noun:

    A piece of broken pottery, a shard.

  3. Crock as a noun (UK):

    A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.

    Examples:

    "old crocks’ home home for the aged"

  4. Crock as a noun (UK):

    An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse or ewe).

    Examples:

    "old crocks race veteran car rally"

  5. 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."

  6. Crock as a noun:

    A low stool.

  7. Crock as a noun (medical slang, derogatory):

    A patient who is difficult to treat, especially one who complains of a minor or imagined illness.

  1. Crock as a verb:

    To break something or injure someone.

  2. Crock as a verb (textiles, leatherworking):

    To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another.

  3. Crock as a verb (horticulture):

    To cover the drain holes of a planter with stones or similar material, in order to ensure proper drainage.

  4. Crock as a verb (transitive, now, dialectal):

    To put or store (something) in a crock or pot.

  1. Crock as a noun:

    The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut.

  2. Crock as a noun:

    Colouring matter that rubs off from cloth.

  1. Crock as a verb (intransitive):

    To give off crock or smut.

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