The difference between Hook and Punch
When used as nouns, hook means a rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment, whereas punch means a hit or strike with one's fist.
When used as verbs, hook means to attach a hook to, whereas punch means to strike with one's fist.
check bellow for the other definitions of Hook and Punch
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Hook as a noun:
a rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment
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Hook as a noun:
a fishhook, a barbed metal hook used for fishing
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Hook as a noun:
any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook
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Hook as a noun (informal):
a ship's anchor
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Hook as a noun:
the curved needle used in the art of crochet
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Hook as a noun:
the part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns
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Hook as a noun:
a loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, e.g. g and j
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Hook as a noun (music):
a catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song
Examples:
"The song's hook snared me."
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Hook as a noun (authorship):
a brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play
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Hook as a noun (authorship):
a gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention
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Hook as a noun:
a tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely
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Hook as a noun (informal):
removal or expulsion from a group or activity
Examples:
"He is not handling this job, so we're giving him the hook."
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Hook as a noun (cricket):
a type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height
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Hook as a noun (baseball):
a curveball
Examples:
"He threw a hook in the dirt."
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Hook as a noun (software):
a feature, definition, or coding that enables future enhancements to happen compatibly or more easily
Examples:
"We've added "user-defined" codepoints in several places and careful definitions of what to do with unknown message types as hooks in the standard to enable implementations to be both backward and forward compatible to future versions of the standard."
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Hook as a noun (golf):
a golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. See draw, slice, fade
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Hook as a noun (basketball):
a basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot.
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Hook as a noun (boxing):
a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc
Examples:
"The heavyweight delivered a few powerful hooks that staggered his opponent."
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Hook as a noun (slang):
A jack (the playing card)
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Hook as a noun (typography):
a diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark: ỏ.
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Hook as a noun (typography, rare):
a .
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Hook as a noun ([[Scrabble]]):
an instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word
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Hook as a noun (bowling):
a ball that is rolled in a curved line
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Hook as a noun (bridge, slang):
a finesse
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Hook as a noun:
a snare; a trap
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Hook as a noun:
a field sown two years in succession
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Hook as a noun (in the plural):
the projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones
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Hook as a noun (geography):
a spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey
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Hook as a verb (transitive):
To attach a hook to.
Examples:
"'Hook the bag here, and the conveyor will carry it away."
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Hook as a verb (transitive):
To catch with a hook .
Examples:
"He hooked a snake accidentally, and was so scared he dropped his rod into the water."
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Hook as a verb (transitive):
To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
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Hook as a verb (transitive):
To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.
Examples:
"He hooked his fingers through his belt loops."
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Hook as a verb (transitive):
To ensnare someone, as if with a hook.
Examples:
"She's only here to try to hook a husband."
"A free trial is a good way to hook customers."
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Hook as a verb (UK, US, slang, archaic):
To steal.
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Hook as a verb (transitive):
To connect (hook into, hook together).
Examples:
"If you hook your network cable into the jack, you'll be on the network."
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Hook as a verb (usually, in passive):
To make addicted; to captivate.
Examples:
"He had gotten hooked on cigarettes in his youth."
"I watched one episode of that TV series and now I'm hooked."
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Hook as a verb (cricket, golf):
To play a hook shot.
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Hook as a verb (rugby):
To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).
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Hook as a verb (field hockey, ice hockey):
To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player)
Examples:
"The opposing team's forward hooked me, but the referee didn't see it, so no penalty."
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Hook as a verb (soccer):
To swerve a ball; kick a ball so it swerves or bends.
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Hook as a verb (intransitive, slang):
To engage in prostitution.
Examples:
"I had a cheap flat in the bad part of town, and I could watch the working girls hooking from my bedroom window."
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Hook as a verb (Scrabble):
To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
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Hook as a verb (bridge, slang):
To finesse.
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Hook as a verb (transitive):
To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
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Hook as a verb (intransitive):
To move or go with a sudden turn.
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Punch as a noun (countable):
A hit or strike with one's fist.
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Punch as a noun (uncountable):
Power, strength, energy.
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Punch as a noun (uncountable):
Impact.
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Punch as a noun (uncountable):
A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) causing a video game character to punch.
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Punch as a verb (transitive):
To strike with one's fist.
Examples:
"If she punches me, I'm gonna break her nose."
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Punch as a verb (transitive, of cattle):
To herd.
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Punch as a verb (transitive):
To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.
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Punch as a verb (transitive):
To enter (information) on a device or system.
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Punch as a verb (transitive):
To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.
Examples:
"He punched a hit into shallow left field."
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Punch as a verb (transitive):
To make holes in something
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Punch as a verb:
To thrust against; to poke.
Examples:
"to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow"
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Punch as a noun (countable):
A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.
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Punch as a noun (countable):
A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material.
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Punch as a noun (countable):
A hole or opening created with a punch.
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Punch as a noun (piledriving):
An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
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Punch as a noun:
A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
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Punch as a verb:
To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.
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Punch as a verb:
To mark a ticket.
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Punch as a noun:
A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.