The difference between Foot and Neck
When used as nouns, foot means a biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg, whereas neck means the part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
When used as verbs, foot means to use the foot to kick (usually a ball), whereas neck means to hang by the neck.
check bellow for the other definitions of Foot and Neck
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Foot as a noun (countable):
A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
Examples:
"A spider has eight feet."
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Foot as a noun (countable, anatomy):
Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
Examples:
"Southern Italy is shaped like a foot."
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Foot as a noun (uncountable, often used attributively):
Travel by walking.
Examples:
"We went there by foot because we could not afford a taxi."
"There is a lot of foot traffic on this street."
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Foot as a noun (countable):
The base or bottom of anything.
Examples:
"I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs."
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Foot as a noun (countable):
The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
Examples:
"We came and stood at the foot of the bed."
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Foot as a noun (countable):
The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
Examples:
"The host should sit at the foot of the table."
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Foot as a noun (countable):
A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
Examples:
"The feet of the stove hold it a safe distance above the floor."
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Foot as a noun (countable):
A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
Examples:
"The flag pole at the local high school is about 20 feet high."
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Foot as a noun (countable, music):
A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
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Foot as a noun (military, collective):
Foot soldiers; infantry.
Examples:
"King John went to battle with ten thousand foot and one thousand horse."
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Foot as a noun (countable, cigars):
The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
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Foot as a noun (countable, sewing):
The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
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Foot as a noun (countable, printing):
The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
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Foot as a noun (printing):
The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
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Foot as a noun (countable, prosody):
The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
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Foot as a noun (countable, phonology):
The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.
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Foot as a noun (countable, nautical):
The bottom edge of a sail.
Examples:
"To make the mainsail fuller in shape, the outhaul is eased to reduce the tension on the foot of the sail."
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Foot as a noun (countable, billiards):
The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
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Foot as a noun (countable, botany):
In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
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Foot as a noun (countable, malacology):
The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
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Foot as a noun (countable, molecular biology):
The globular lower domain of a protein.
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Foot as a noun (countable, geometry):
The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
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Foot as a noun:
Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
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Foot as a noun:
Recognized condition; rank; footing.
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Foot as a verb (transitive):
To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
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Foot as a verb (transitive):
To pay (a bill).
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Foot as a verb:
To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
Examples:
"rfquotek Dryden"
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Foot as a verb:
To walk.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Foot as a verb:
To tread.
Examples:
"to foot the green"
"rfquotek Tickell"
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Foot as a verb (obsolete):
To set on foot; to establish; to land.
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Foot as a verb:
To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Foot as a verb:
To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.
Examples:
"to foot (or foot up) an account"
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Neck as a noun (anatomy):
The part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
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Neck as a noun:
The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
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Neck as a noun:
The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
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Neck as a noun:
The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.
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Neck as a noun (botany):
The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
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Neck as a noun (music):
The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted
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Neck as a noun:
A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
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Neck as a noun (engineering):
A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.
Examples:
"a neck forming the journal of a shaft"
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Neck as a noun:
The constriction between the root and crown of a tooth.
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Neck as a noun (architecture):
The gorgerin of a capital.
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Neck as a noun (firearms):
The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.
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Neck as a noun (informal, MLE, slang):
A falsehood; a lie.
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Neck as a verb:
To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate
Examples:
"Go neck yourself."
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Neck as a verb (chiefly, US):
To make love; to intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle.
Examples:
"Alan and Betty were necking in the back of a car when Betty's dad caught them."
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Neck as a verb:
To drink rapidly.
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Neck as a verb:
To decrease in diameter.