The difference between Claret and Hock
When used as nouns, claret means a dry red wine produced in the bordeaux region of france, or a similar wine made elsewhere, whereas hock means a rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the hochheim region.
When used as verbs, claret means to drink claret, whereas hock means to disable by cutting the tendons of the hock.
Claret is also adjective with the meaning: of a deep purplish-red colour, like that of claret.
check bellow for the other definitions of Claret and Hock
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Claret as a noun (chiefly, British):
A dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France, or a similar wine made elsewhere.
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Claret as a noun:
A deep purplish-red colour, like that of the wine.
Examples:
"color pane7F1635"
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Claret as a noun (colloquial, sports):
Blood.
Examples:
"The player spilt some claret."
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Claret as an adjective:
Of a deep purplish-red colour, like that of claret.
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Claret as a verb (intransitive, archaic):
To drink claret.
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Hock as a noun:
A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
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Hock as a noun:
The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
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Hock as a noun:
Meat from that part of a food animal.
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Hock as a verb (transitive):
To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
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Hock as a verb (transitive, colloquial):
To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.
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Hock as a noun:
Pawn, obligation as collateral for a loan.
Examples:
"He needed $750 to get his guitar out of hock at the pawnshop."
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Hock as a noun:
Debt.
Examples:
"They were in hock to the bank for $35 million."
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Hock as a noun:
Installment purchase.
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Hock as a noun:
Prison.
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Hock as a verb (US):
To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly
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Hock as a noun:
To cough heavily, esp. causing uvular frication. To cough while the vomit reflex is triggered; to gag. To produce mucus from coughing or clearing one's throat.