The difference between Cove and Mort

Cove as a noun (now, _, uncommon):

A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern.

Cove as a noun (architecture):

A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling.

Cove as a noun:

A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds.

Cove as a noun (US):

A strip of prairie extending into woodland.

Cove as a noun:

A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain.

Cove as a noun (nautical):

The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship.

Cove as a noun (nautical):

A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level.

Cove as a verb (architecture):

To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.

Cove as a noun (British, dated, informal):

A fellow; a man.

Cove as a noun (Australia, and, Polari):

A friend; a mate.

Cove as a verb:

To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs.

Mort as a noun:

Death; especially, the death of game in hunting.

Mort as a noun:

A note sounded on a horn at the death of a deer.

Mort as a noun (UK, Scotland, dialect):

The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease.

Mort as a noun (card games):

A variety of dummy whist for three players.

Mort as a noun (card games):

The exposed or dummy hand of cards in the game of mort.

Mort as a noun:

A great quantity or number.

Mort as a noun (internet, informal):

A player in a multi-user dungeon who does not have special administrator privileges and whose character can be killed.

Mort as a noun:

A three-year-old salmon.

Mort as a noun (obsolete, UK, thieves):

A woman; a female.