The difference between Pocket and Pot

Pocket as a noun:

A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.

Pocket as a noun:

Such a receptacle seen as housing someone's money; hence, financial resources.

Pocket as a noun (sports, billiards, pool, snooker):

An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.

Pocket as a noun:

An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.

Pocket as a noun (Australia):

An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river.

Pocket as a noun (Australian rules football):

The area of the field to the side of the goal posts (four pockets in total on the field, one to each side of the goals at each end of the ground). The pocket is only a roughly defined area, extending from the behind post, at an angle, to perhaps about 30 meters out.

Pocket as a noun (American Football):

The region directly behind the offensive line in which the quarterback executes plays.

Pocket as a noun (military):

An area where military units are completely surrounded by enemy units.

Pocket as a noun (rugby):

The position held by a second defensive middle, where an advanced middle must retreat after making a touch on the attacking middle.

Pocket as a noun:

A large bag or sack formerly used for packing various articles, such as ginger, hops, or cowries; the pocket of wool held about 168 pounds.

Pocket as a noun (architecture):

A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, etc.

Pocket as a noun (mining):

A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity.

Pocket as a noun (nautical):

A strip of canvas sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.

Pocket as a noun:

The pouch of an animal.

Pocket as a noun (bowling):

The ideal point where the pins are hit by the bowling ball.

Pocket as a noun:

A socket for receiving the base of a post, stake, etc.

Pocket as a noun:

A bight on a lee shore.

Pocket as a noun (dentistry):

A small space between a tooth and the adjoining gum, formed by an abnormal separation of the two.

Pocket as a verb:

To put (something) into a pocket.

Pocket as a verb (sports, billiards, snooker, pool):

To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.

Pocket as a verb (slang):

To take and keep (especially money) that which is not one's own.

Pocket as a verb (slang):

To shoplift, to steal.

Pocket as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

To receive (an insult, an affront, etc.) without open resentment, or without seeking redress.

Pocket as an adjective:

Of a size suitable for putting into a pocket.

Pocket as an adjective:

Smaller or more compact than usual.

Pocket as an adjective (Texas hold'em, _, poker):

Referring to the two initial hole cards.

Pot as a noun:

A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food.

Pot as a noun (archaic, _, except in fixed expressions):

Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly A vessel (usually earthenware) used with a seal for storing food, such as a honeypot. A vessel used for brewing or serving drinks: a coffee or teapot. A vessel used to hold soil for growing plants, particularly flowers: a flowerpot. A vessel used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot; a toilet; the lavatory. A crucible: a melting pot. A pot-shaped trap used for catching lobsters or other seafood: a lobster pot. A pot-shaped metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney: a chimney pot. A perforated cask for draining sugar. An earthen or pewter cup or mug used for drinking liquor. A glass of beer in Australia whose size varies regionally but is typically around 10 fl oz (285 mL).

Pot as a noun (archaic, _, except in place names):

Pothole, sinkhole, vertical cave e.g. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowten_Pot Rowten Pot]

Pot as a noun (slang):

Ruin or deterioration.

Pot as a noun (historical):

An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.

Pot as a noun (rail transport):

A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground.

Pot as a noun (gambling, poker):

The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; any sum of money being used as an enticement.

Pot as a noun (UK, horse-racing, slang):

A favorite: a heavily-backed horse.

Pot as a noun (billiards):

The act of causing a ball to fall into a pocket in cue sports such as billiards.

Pot as a noun (slang):

a pot-shaped belly, a paunch.

Pot as a noun (slang):

a haphazard shot; an easy or cheap shot.

Pot as a noun (chiefly, East Midlands, Yorkshire):

A plaster cast.

Pot as a noun (historical):

a former size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.

Pot as a verb:

To put (something) into a pot.

Pot as a verb:

To preserve by bottling or canning.

Pot as a verb (cue sports):

To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.

Pot as a verb (cue sports):

To be capable of being potted.

Pot as a verb (transitive):

To shoot with a firearm.

Pot as a verb (intransitive, dated):

To take a pot shot, or haphazard shot, with a firearm.

Pot as a verb (transitive, colloquial):

To secure; gain; win; bag.

Pot as a verb (British):

To send someone to gaol, expeditiously.

Pot as a verb (obsolete, dialect, UK):

To tipple; to drink.

Pot as a verb (transitive):

To drain (e.g. sugar of the molasses) in a perforated cask.

Pot as a verb (transitive, British):

To seat a person, usually a young child, on a potty or toilet, typically during toilet teaching.

Pot as a verb (chiefly, East Midlands):

To apply a plaster cast to a broken limb.

Pot as a noun (slang, uncountable):

Marijuana

Pot as a noun (slang, electronics):

A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to adjust sound volume) in an electronic device by rotating or sliding when manipulated by a human thumb, screwdriver, etc.

Pot as a noun (RPG):