The difference between Bork and Hork

When used as verbs, bork means to defeat a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy, whereas hork means to foul up.


Bork is also noun with the meaning: the or (), a species of () native to the southern ocean.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bork and Hork

  1. Bork as a verb (ambitransitive, US, politics, often, pejorative):

    To defeat a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy.

  1. Bork as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To misconfigure, break, or damage, especially a computer or other complex device.

  2. Bork as a verb (intransitive, slang):

    To become broken or damaged, especially of a computer or other complex device.

  1. Bork as a noun (informal):

    The or (), a species of () native to the Southern Ocean.

  1. Bork as a noun (Internet slang, humorous):

    The sound a dog makes.

  1. Hork as a verb (computing, slang):

    To foul up; to be occupied with difficulty, tangle, or unpleasantness; to be broken.

    Examples:

    "I downloaded the program, but something is horked and it won't load."

  2. Hork as a verb (slang, regional):

    To steal, especially petty theft or misnomer in jest.

    Examples:

    "Can I hork that code from you for my project?"

  3. Hork as a verb (slang):

    To vomit, cough up.

  4. Hork as a verb (slang):

    To throw.

    Examples:

    "Let's go hork pickles at people from the back row of the movie theatre."

  5. Hork as a verb (slang):

    To eat hastily or greedily; to gobble.

    Examples:

    "I don't know what got into her, but she horked all those hoagies last night!"

  6. Hork as a verb (slang, transitive):

    To move.

    Examples:

    "Go hork the kegs from out back."

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