Difference between Cock and Hammer

What is the difference between Cock and Hammer?

Cock as a noun is a male bird, especially a domestic fowl. while Hammer as a noun is a tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.

Cock

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A male bird, especially a domestic fowl. Male chicken or other gallinaceous bird. A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing. The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism. The penis. The circle at the end of the rink. The state of being cocked; an upward turn, tilt or angle. A stupid person. An informal term of address. A boastful tilt of one's head or hat A small pile Short for cock-boat, a type of small boat.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To lift the cock of a firearm; to prepare (a gun) to be fired. To be prepared to be triggered. To erect, notably lift or tilt (headwear) boastfully To copulate with. To turn or twist something upwards or to one side. To form into piles.

Hammer

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.To emphasize a point repeatedly.To hit particularly hard.To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.The malleus.In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.The last rock in an end.A frisbee throwing style in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown above the head.

Example sentence: I feel like I'm ready for any dangerous situation that might come my way, provided I have a hammer on me.

We hope you now know whether to use Cock or Hammer in your sentence.

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