The difference between Bark and Skin

When used as nouns, bark means the short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals, whereas skin means the outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.

When used as verbs, bark means to make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs), whereas skin means to injure the skin of.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bark and Skin

  1. Bark as a verb (intransitive):

    To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).

    Examples:

    "synonyms: give tongue"

    "The neighbour's dog is always barking."

    "The seal barked as the zookeeper threw fish into its enclosure."

  2. Bark as a verb (intransitive):

    To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.

  3. Bark as a verb (transitive):

    To speak sharply.

    Examples:

    "The sergeant barked an order."

  1. Bark as a noun:

    The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.

  2. Bark as a noun (figuratively):

    An abrupt loud vocal utterance.

  1. Bark as a noun (countable, uncountable):

    The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree.

  2. Bark as a noun (medicine):

    Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.

  3. Bark as a noun:

    Hard candy made in flat sheets, for instance out of chocolate, peanut butter, toffee or peppermint.

  4. Bark as a noun:

    The crust formed on barbecued meat that has had a rub applied to it.

  5. Bark as a noun:

    The envelopment or outer covering of anything.

  1. Bark as a verb:

    To strip the bark from; to peel.

  2. Bark as a verb:

    To abrade or rub off any outer covering from.

    Examples:

    "to bark one’s heel"

  3. Bark as a verb:

    To girdle.

  4. Bark as a verb:

    To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark.

    Examples:

    "bark the roof of a hut"

  1. Bark as a noun (obsolete):

    A small sailing vessel, e.g. a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge.

  2. Bark as a noun (poetic):

    a sailing vessel or boat of any kind.

  3. Bark as a noun (nautical):

    A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.

  1. Skin as a noun (uncountable):

    The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.

    Examples:

    "He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl."

  2. Skin as a noun (uncountable):

    The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.

  3. Skin as a noun (countable):

    The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.

  4. Skin as a noun (countable):

    A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.

    Examples:

    "In order to get to the rest of the paint in the can, you′ll have to remove the skin floating on top of it."

  5. Skin as a noun (countable, computing, graphical user interface):

    A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.

    Examples:

    "You can use this skin to change how the browser looks."

  6. Skin as a noun (countable, slang):

    Rolling paper for cigarettes.

    Examples:

    "Pass me a skin, mate."

  7. Skin as a noun (countable, slang):

  8. Skin as a noun (Australia):

    A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people; such divisions are cultural and not related to an individual′s physical skin.

  9. Skin as a noun (countable, video games):

    An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a 3D character model in a video game.

  10. Skin as a noun (slang):

    Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts.

    Examples:

    "Let me see a bit of skin."

  11. Skin as a noun:

    A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.

  12. Skin as a noun (nautical):

    That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Totten"

  13. Skin as a noun (nautical):

    The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.

  14. Skin as a noun:

    A drink of whisky served hot.

  1. Skin as a verb (transitive):

    To injure the skin of.

    Examples:

    "He fell off his [[bike]] and skinned his knee on the concrete."

  2. Skin as a verb (transitive):

    To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.

  3. Skin as a verb (colloquial):

    To high five.

  4. Skin as a verb (transitive, computing, colloquial):

    To apply a skin to (a computer program).

    Examples:

    "Can I skin the application to put the picture of my cat on it?"

  5. Skin as a verb (UK, soccer, transitive):

    To use tricks to go past a defender.

  6. Skin as a verb (intransitive):

    To become covered with skin.

    Examples:

    "A wound eventually skins over."

  7. Skin as a verb (transitive):

    To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.

  8. Skin as a verb (US, slang, archaic):

    To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use cribs, memoranda, etc., which are prohibited.

  9. Skin as a verb (slang, dated):

    To strip of money or property; to cheat.

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