The difference between Hock and Tent
When used as nouns, hock means a rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the hochheim region, whereas tent means a pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.
When used as verbs, hock means to disable by cutting the tendons of the hock, whereas tent means to go camping.
check bellow for the other definitions of Hock and Tent
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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.
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Tent as a noun:
A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.
Examples:
"We were camping in a three-man tent."
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Tent as a noun (archaic):
The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
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Tent as a noun (Scotland):
A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church.
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Tent as a noun:
A trouser tent; a piece of fabric, etc. protruding outward like a tent.
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Tent as a verb (intransitive):
To go camping.
Examples:
"We’ll be tented at the campground this weekend."
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Tent as a verb (cooking):
To prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up tent) over food to reduce splatter, before putting it in the oven.
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Tent as a verb (intransitive):
To form into a tent-like shape.
Examples:
"The sheet tented over his midsection."
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Tent as a verb (archaic, UK, Scotland, dialect):
To attend to; to heed
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Tent as a verb (archaic, UK, Scotland, dialect):
to guard; to hinder.
Examples:
"rfquotek Halliwell"
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Tent as a noun (archaic, UK, Scotland, dialect):
Attention; regard, care.
Examples:
"rfquotek Lydgate"
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Tent as a noun (archaic):
Intention; design.
Examples:
"rfquotek Halliwell"
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Tent as a noun (medicine):
A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.
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Tent as a noun (medicine):
A probe for searching a wound.
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Tent as a verb (medicine, sometimes, figurative):
To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent.
Examples:
"to tent a wound"
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Tent as a noun (archaic):
A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; called also tent wine, and tinta.