Difference between Corked and Sealed

What is the difference between Corked and Sealed?

Corked as an adjective is of a container, especially a bottle, closed with a cork. while Sealed as an adjective is closed by a seal.

Corked

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of a container, especially a bottle, closed with a cork. Of (a bottle of) wine, tainted by mould/mold in the cork.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.

Sealed

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To hunt seals.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Closed by a seal.Preventing entrance.Not subclassable; from which one cannot inherit.

Example sentence: Towards sunset we had cleared down to the level of the 12th step, which was sufficient to expose a large part of the upper portion of a plastered and sealed doorway.

We hope you now know whether to use Corked or Sealed in your sentence.

Also read

Popular Articles