The difference between Fork over and Shell out

When used as verbs, fork over means to turn over (soil, hay, etc.) with a gardening fork, whereas shell out means to pay money, to disburse.


check bellow for the other definitions of Fork over and Shell out

  1. Fork over as a verb:

    To turn over (soil, hay, etc.) with a gardening fork.

  2. Fork over as a verb (idiomatic, US):

    To pay (implies lots of money).

  1. 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?"

  2. 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.

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