The difference between Fork out and Shell out
When used as verbs, fork out means to pay out, to hand over, whereas shell out means to pay money, to disburse.
check bellow for the other definitions of Fork out and Shell out
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Fork out as a verb (transitive, informal):
To pay out, to hand over
Examples:
"The hard drive broke down, so I forked out five hundred dollars for a new one."
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Shell out as a verb (slang, ambitransitive):
To pay money, to disburse; especially, to pay a great deal of money.
Examples:
"Do you think we should shell out for the extra options package?"
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Shell out as a verb (computing, especially, Unix):
To use a program's "shell escape" function to execute an unrelated command or to invoke a subsidiary, interactive shell.